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THOMAS EDWARD HAGGARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1947 – March 20, 1967
Service recordThomas Edward Haggard, of Covington, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 121
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Covington, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 121
- RONALD RICHARD FILLMORESpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- GREG FREDRICK GOODMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- NICK JIM GRCICHSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GORDON LEONARD CABLESSpecialist Five · Panel 16E, Line 119
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 124
From Covington
- RODIS JOHN WARRENSergeant First Class · April 20, 1967
- IVY M MCCARROLL JRSergeant · May 20, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY FEDELESpecialist Four · December 12, 1969
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.