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MERLE WILLIAM HABEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 23, 1948 – September 21, 1969
Service recordMerle William Haben, of Bradford, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Bradford, Ohio (Darke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 120
- STEVEN VERNON ELTINGPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- JOE ALBERT FOSTER JRSergeant First Class · September 21, 1969
- DAVITT JOHN FRANKSCorporal · September 21, 1969
- LARRY CECIL HATHCOCKSpecialist Four · September 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGG WILLIAM HEIDRICHPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 121
- DAVID WILLARD SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 123
From Bradford
- GERALD F TRITTSCHUHPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE FLOYDSergeant · March 31, 1968
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.