Nickname(s) Hard Rock Haugen Name Orin Haugen | Years of service 1930–1945 | |
Born August 18, 1907Wyndmere, North Dakota ( 1907-08-18 ) Battles/wars World War IIBattle of LuzonBattle of Manila (1945) Died February 11, 1945, Manila, Philippines Battles and wars | ||
Orin Doughty Haugen (Aug, 18, 1907 – February 22, 1945) was a colonel in the United States Army and commanding officer of the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II. Orin Haugen died en route to a hospital on New Guinea from wounds sustained during the Battle of Manila, one day before his regiment would rescue POWs under Japanese military control at Los Baños.
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