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WILLIAM H HAAKINSON III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1945 – April 18, 1970
Service recordWilliam H Haakinson III, of Santa Cruz, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Cruz, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 21
- JAMES FREDERICK DEEBLEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1970
- WILLIAM ALBERT EATONPrivate First Class · April 18, 1970
- ROY WILLIAM GARDINERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- WILLIAM S MONAHAN IIILance Corporal · April 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE DANGBERGSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 20
- TIMOTHY EMMETT SULLIVANSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 20
- DANIEL F KASZUBOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 22
- MICHAEL JOHN VAGNONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 23
- ROBERT ALBERT WALLCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 23
From Santa Cruz
- DARYL LAVERNE KEENPetty Officer Third Class · July 16, 1965
- VINCENT LOCATELLIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- STEPHEN MARK PASHMANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RAINFORD TIFFINMajor · July 21, 1966
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- JACK WILEY MCKINNON JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- WILTON RAY PICKETTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · March 6, 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.