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RUSSELL CARL HAAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1948 – March 2, 1968
Service recordRussell Carl Haas, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 32
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 20, 1948
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 32
- RAYMOND LEROY GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- ROY CLINTON GERDONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- WILBUR LEWIS GRAY JRPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JOSE RODRIGUEZ-ACEVEDOCorporal · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROY CLINTON GERDONPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 32
- CLARENCE S HILLSSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 34
- TODD ARTHUR HANDYSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 40
- ERWIN BRUCE SIMSPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 41
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · May 11, 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.