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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Victor Milford Haglund JR.

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VICTOR MILFORD HAGLUND JR

Private First Class · U.S. Army

May 13, 1947 – November 14, 1969

Service record

Victor Milford Haglund JR, of Crawford, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 16W · Line 74

Position of Panel 16W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
May 13, 1947
Home of record
Crawford, Colorado (Delta County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 14, 1969
Age
22
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Drowning

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What was happening

30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 16W, Line 74

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.