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WILLIAM ELMER HAGGARD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1949 – January 21, 1970
Service recordWilliam Elmer Haggard, of Powell, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Powell, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 52
- MICHAEL GEORGE FOUTZSecond Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- THOMAS MARK GAITHERCorporal · January 21, 1970
- PEDRO ACEVEDO GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- ROGER EUGENE KEYSpecialist Five · January 21, 1970
From Powell
- GARY ALVEN GLANDONFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
- CHARLES OSCAR REEDPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- LENNIS CLYDE GENTRYSpecialist Four · January 22, 1970
- ALBERT RAY HANKINSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1971
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.