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THOMAS WILLIAM HANEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1940 – August 14, 1966
Service recordThomas William Haney, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 5
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1940
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 5
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- ROBERT BRUCE HADDENFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1966
- JAMES LOGAN MORRISPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- HARRY EDWARD OXFORD JRPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DARYL RAYMOND CORFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 4
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 5
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.