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RONALD LEE HAUG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1948 – February 13, 1970
Service recordRonald Lee Haug, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 5
- ROY WILLIAM COBBSergeant First Class · February 13, 1970
- THOMAS ELLIOTT COPPPetty Officer Third Class · February 13, 1970
- ROSS ERLE HARDTSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- LAWRENCE WAYNE YOCHUMSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOHN GORGESPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 6
- TRINIDAD GUTIERREZ PRIETOSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 6
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.