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WILLIAM JOHN HAUPERT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1944 – July 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam John Haupert, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 36
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 54W, Line 36
- ALVIN KENNETH BENCHERSergeant · July 2, 1968
- DICK DEGRAFSergeant · July 2, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DEXTERPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1968
- FREDERICK LEE DYERSecond Lieutenant · July 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE CECIL RATLIFFMajor · Panel 54W, Line 39
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
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.