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ROBERT LEE HASZ
Airman · U.S. Navy
August 17, 1945 – July 29, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Hasz, of Baraboo, Wisconsin, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 26
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Av Boatswain's Mate (Acft Handling) (ABH)
- Born
- August 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Baraboo, Wisconsin (Sauk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 26
- RUSSELL ALLAN GRAZIERPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES CLARK GREGORYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- RICHARD ANTHONY HATCHERAirman · July 29, 1967
- LARRY DOUGLAS HOLLEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
From Baraboo
- CLAYTON J LUTHERPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROBERT LEO CRAWLEYSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- DENNIS ARNOLD CALTONFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1971
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.