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MICHAEL EDWARD HAIDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 12, 1949 – September 16, 1969
Service recordMichael Edward Haider, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 94
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 12, 1949
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 94
- ROBERT F DALEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 16, 1969
- JAMES MILTON FLOYDSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
- JOHN FLETCHER GOODLETTFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1969
- THOMAS RICHARD POUNDSTONEChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 16, 1969
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.