Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 29-Dec-1950
Hometown: Pontiac, Michigan
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 29-Sep-1968
Start of tour: 9-Aug-1969
Incident date: 17-Oct-1969
Date of casualty: 17-Oct-1969
Age at death: 18
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
William Thomas Haney was killed while at a listening post when mistaken for a hostile force and engaged a friendly force in a firefight. / At listening post. Engaged friendly force in firefight. Mistaken for hostile force.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 830 864
Place of interment: Perry Mount Park Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan, USA
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