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LEON FREDERICK HAAS
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
April 3, 1943 – July 17, 1972
Service recordLeon Frederick Haas, of Newton, New Jersey, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 17, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 155 USS ORISKANY CVA 34
- Born
- April 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Newton, New Jersey (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1972
- Age
- 29
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1972. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 57
- RAYMOND PETER DONNELLYLieutenant · July 19, 1972
- EDWARD GARDNER HAYEN IIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1972
- LARRY JOHN YOUNGPetty Officer First Class · July 20, 1972
- STEVEN ALLEN TRANTSpecialist Five · July 21, 1972
From Newton
- DONALD WILLIAM DRAKEPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- ARTHUR CLARENCE SISCO JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- HOWARD STANLEY BIESANTZPrivate · February 23, 1969
- ARTHUR FOXWORTHSergeant First Class · October 28, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.