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RICHARD HAROLD HAAG JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 21, 1948 – March 11, 1969
Service recordRichard Harold Haag JR, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 8
- EDWARD THOMAS COOPERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- BENNIE JOE GRAHAMPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- MICHAEL JEROME GRUENWALDPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- MELVIN GUYTONCorporal · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL GEORGE ALLENDORFCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 3
- JAMES EDWARD FOWLERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 7
- CLARENCE LEON ROUSESergeant · Panel 29W, Line 14
- RICHARD MARTIN SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 14
- DANIEL WAYNE TINDLESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 16
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.