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WILLIAM THOMAS HANEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 29, 1950 – October 17, 1969
Service recordWilliam Thomas Haney, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 87
- DAVID LAMPREY NICHOLASLieutenant (junior grade) · October 17, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER S STUEWESpecialist Four · October 17, 1969
- LEONARD DEAN COOPERPrivate First Class · October 18, 1969
- RALPH CUSTODESergeant · October 18, 1969
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 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.