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WILLIAM LEWIS HAAK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 5, 1948 – July 25, 1969
Service recordWilliam Lewis Haak, of Brownsville, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 44
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Tennessee (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 44
- RONNIE LEE HERRIMANSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- MICHAEL JENNINGSLance Corporal · July 25, 1969
- CURTIS JONESPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · July 25, 1969
From Brownsville
- WILLIE COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · January 22, 1967
- LARRY ADRIAN LANDCorporal · March 6, 1967
- ANDREW CURRIEPrivate · July 4, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD LANE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- RICHARD KEITH JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
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.