Haag, John Daniel – ww2 Pacific

Name and Rank, Chief Machinist’s Mate First Class John Daniel Haag.

Unit/Placed in, N.A.S. Cavite, (Sangley Point), United States Naval Reserve.

John was born on Nov. 12, 1894 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Father, Tyrus Haag.

Mother, Kate H. (Neuschwender) Haag.

Sister(s), Carrie E. Haag.

Brother(s), Paul R. Haag.

Spouse, Teodora (Carino) Haag.

John entered the service from Pennsylvania with service number # 1700055.

John D. Haag was a Petty Officer 1st Class in the United States Navy.

John died of his wounds sustained by an attack were his Submarine (SS-142) got damaged on Dec. 10, 1941, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

John is buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila,

National Capital Region, Philippines.

Thanks to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_S-37_(SS-142)#World_War_II

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian