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MARK JOSEPH HAVERLAND JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1947 – May 21, 1969
Service recordMark Joseph Haverland JR, of Poca, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 66
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Poca, West Virginia (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 66
- ROBERT EUGENE GOODNERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HASHCorporal · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES E HAWKINS JRSpecialist Four · May 21, 1969
- KENNETH DALE PETTIGREWPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARRY DANIEL ASHCRAFTPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 63
From Poca
- ROBERT LEE BURDETTEPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
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.