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Sniper/Murder Victim, & Casualty of Panama Riots.. Private Haupt served in "C" Company, 4th Battalion, of the 10th Infantry Regiment, and was assigned to the 193rd Infantry Brigade in Panama.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) — The Defense Department disclosed today that three of the four United States soldiers killed in the recent Panama rioting were armed only with tear gas.
The three were killed by sniper fire, the department said. It added that pistol or rifle ammunition would have afforded them no protection under the circumstances.
One of the victims was S/Sgt. Luis Jimenez‐Cruz of Seattle, Wash. His wife and two children barely managed to witness his burial here Thursday after a series of misunderstandings that prompted President Johnson to demand a Pentagon explanation. Mrs. Jiminez‐Cruz had to pay a $25 fee before being granted a final look at her husband's body. The Defense Department assured the President today that there would not be a recurrence of Mrs. Jiminez‐Cruz's ordeal.
In an earlier statement, the department said that one of the three slain G.I.'s carried only tear gas and a bayonet at the time of his death. It said this was in accordance with standard riot‐control regulations. But the department issued a new statement today after a 2nd widow, of 1SGT Gerald A. Aubin of Millbury, Mass., was reported to have complained to friends that her husband had no ammunition either. President Johnson was understood to have asked for a new report on the ammunition question.
Pvt. David J. Haupt of Los Angeles was identified as the third G.I. killed by sniper fire. A fourth soldier was killed in an accident associated with the turmoil in Panama.
Mrs. Barbara Jiminez‐Cruz, 26‐year‐old widow of a staff sergeant killed by a sniper's bullet in Panama Jan. 10, planned to leave tonight with her two young children for her home in Seattle "with hope that I may get a job."
In her sister's home at 376 East 158th Street, the Bronx, Mrs. Jiminez‐Cruz was reluctant to talk about the unhappy incidents surrounding the funeral of her husband, a native of Puerto Rico who had been in the Army for 11 years.
Awaiting her at the apartment when she arrived from Washington was a telegram of apology from the Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance.
U.S. Army units became involved in suppressing the violence after Canal Zone police were overwhelmed, and after three days of fighting, about 22 Panamanians and four U.S. soldiers were killed. The incident is considered to be a significant factor in the U.S. decision to transfer control of the Canal Zone to Panama through the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.
Martyrs' Day (Spanish: Día de los Mártires) is a Panamanian day of national mourning which commemorates the January 9, 1964 anti-American riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone. The riot started after a Panamanian flag was torn and students were killed during a conflict with Canal Zone Police officers and Canal Zone residents. It is also known as the Flag Incident or Flag Protests.
Intel shows that Fidel Castro had helped the Panamanian rioters with supplies and propaganda tools.
(Bio by: Jay Lance)
Sniper/Murder Victim, & Casualty of Panama Riots.. Private Haupt served in "C" Company, 4th Battalion, of the 10th Infantry Regiment, and was assigned to the 193rd Infantry Brigade in Panama.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) — The Defense Department disclosed today that three of the four United States soldiers killed in the recent Panama rioting were armed only with tear gas.
The three were killed by sniper fire, the department said. It added that pistol or rifle ammunition would have afforded them no protection under the circumstances.
One of the victims was S/Sgt. Luis Jimenez‐Cruz of Seattle, Wash. His wife and two children barely managed to witness his burial here Thursday after a series of misunderstandings that prompted President Johnson to demand a Pentagon explanation. Mrs. Jiminez‐Cruz had to pay a $25 fee before being granted a final look at her husband's body. The Defense Department assured the President today that there would not be a recurrence of Mrs. Jiminez‐Cruz's ordeal.
In an earlier statement, the department said that one of the three slain G.I.'s carried only tear gas and a bayonet at the time of his death. It said this was in accordance with standard riot‐control regulations. But the department issued a new statement today after a 2nd widow, of 1SGT Gerald A. Aubin of Millbury, Mass., was reported to have complained to friends that her husband had no ammunition either. President Johnson was understood to have asked for a new report on the ammunition question.
Pvt. David J. Haupt of Los Angeles was identified as the third G.I. killed by sniper fire. A fourth soldier was killed in an accident associated with the turmoil in Panama.
Mrs. Barbara Jiminez‐Cruz, 26‐year‐old widow of a staff sergeant killed by a sniper's bullet in Panama Jan. 10, planned to leave tonight with her two young children for her home in Seattle "with hope that I may get a job."
In her sister's home at 376 East 158th Street, the Bronx, Mrs. Jiminez‐Cruz was reluctant to talk about the unhappy incidents surrounding the funeral of her husband, a native of Puerto Rico who had been in the Army for 11 years.
Awaiting her at the apartment when she arrived from Washington was a telegram of apology from the Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance.
U.S. Army units became involved in suppressing the violence after Canal Zone police were overwhelmed, and after three days of fighting, about 22 Panamanians and four U.S. soldiers were killed. The incident is considered to be a significant factor in the U.S. decision to transfer control of the Canal Zone to Panama through the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.
Martyrs' Day (Spanish: Día de los Mártires) is a Panamanian day of national mourning which commemorates the January 9, 1964 anti-American riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone. The riot started after a Panamanian flag was torn and students were killed during a conflict with Canal Zone Police officers and Canal Zone residents. It is also known as the Flag Incident or Flag Protests.
Intel shows that Fidel Castro had helped the Panamanian rioters with supplies and propaganda tools.
(Bio by: Jay Lance)
========================= EDIT IN PROGRESS ===========================
Sniper/Murder Victim, & Casualty of Panama Riots.. Private Haupt served in "C" Company, 4th Battalion, of the 10th Infantry Regiment, and was assigned to the 193rd Infantry Brigade in Panama.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) — The Defense Department disclosed today that three of the four United States soldiers killed in the recent Panama rioting were armed only with tear gas.
The three were killed by sniper fire, the department said. It added that pistol or rifle ammunition would have afforded them no protection under the circumstances.
One of the victims was S/Sgt. Luis Jimenez‐Cruz of Seattle, Wash. His wife and two children barely managed to witness his burial here Thursday after a series of misunderstandings that prompted President Johnson to demand a Pentagon explanation. Mrs. Jiminez‐Cruz had to pay a $25 fee before being granted a final look at her husband's body. The Defense Department assured the President today that there would not be a recurrence of Mrs. Jiminez‐Cruz's ordeal.
In an earlier statement, the department said that one of the three slain G.I.'s carried only tear gas and a bayonet at the time of his death. It said this was in accordance with standard riot‐control regulations. But the department issued a new statement today after a 2nd widow, of 1SGT Gerald A. Aubin of Millbury, Mass., was reported to have complained to friends that her husband had no ammunition either. President Johnson was understood to have asked for a new report on the ammunition question.
Pvt. David J. Haupt of Los Angeles was identified as the third G.I. killed by sniper fire. A fourth soldier was killed in an accident associated with the turmoil in Panama.
Mrs. Barbara Jiminez‐Cruz, 26‐year‐old widow of a staff sergeant killed by a sniper's bullet in Panama Jan. 10, planned to leave tonight with her two young children for her home in Seattle "with hope that I may get a job."
In her sister's home at 376 East 158th Street, the Bronx, Mrs. Jiminez‐Cruz was reluctant to talk about the unhappy incidents surrounding the funeral of her husband, a native of Puerto Rico who had been in the Army for 11 years.
Awaiting her at the apartment when she arrived from Washington was a telegram of apology from the Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance.
U.S. Army units became involved in suppressing the violence after Canal Zone police were overwhelmed, and after three days of fighting, about 22 Panamanians and four U.S. soldiers were killed. The incident is considered to be a significant factor in the U.S. decision to transfer control of the Canal Zone to Panama through the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.
Martyrs' Day (Spanish: Día de los Mártires) is a Panamanian day of national mourning which commemorates the January 9, 1964 anti-American riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone. The riot started after a Panamanian flag was torn and students were killed during a conflict with Canal Zone Police officers and Canal Zone residents. It is also known as the Flag Incident or Flag Protests.
Intel shows that Fidel Castro had helped the Panamanian rioters with supplies and propaganda tools.
(Bio by: Jay Lance)
Sniper/Murder Victim, & Casualty of Panama Riots.. Private Haupt served in "C" Company, 4th Battalion, of the 10th Infantry Regiment, and was assigned to the 193rd Infantry Brigade in Panama.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) — The Defense Department disclosed today that three of the four United States soldiers killed in the recent Panama rioting were armed only with tear gas.
The three were killed by sniper fire, the department said. It added that pistol or rifle ammunition would have afforded them no protection under the circumstances.
One of the victims was S/Sgt. Luis Jimenez‐Cruz of Seattle, Wash. His wife and two children barely managed to witness his burial here Thursday after a series of misunderstandings that prompted President Johnson to demand a Pentagon explanation. Mrs. Jiminez‐Cruz had to pay a $25 fee before being granted a final look at her husband's body. The Defense Department assured the President today that there would not be a recurrence of Mrs. Jiminez‐Cruz's ordeal.
In an earlier statement, the department said that one of the three slain G.I.'s carried only tear gas and a bayonet at the time of his death. It said this was in accordance with standard riot‐control regulations. But the department issued a new statement today after a 2nd widow, of 1SGT Gerald A. Aubin of Millbury, Mass., was reported to have complained to friends that her husband had no ammunition either. President Johnson was understood to have asked for a new report on the ammunition question.
Pvt. David J. Haupt of Los Angeles was identified as the third G.I. killed by sniper fire. A fourth soldier was killed in an accident associated with the turmoil in Panama.
Mrs. Barbara Jiminez‐Cruz, 26‐year‐old widow of a staff sergeant killed by a sniper's bullet in Panama Jan. 10, planned to leave tonight with her two young children for her home in Seattle "with hope that I may get a job."
In her sister's home at 376 East 158th Street, the Bronx, Mrs. Jiminez‐Cruz was reluctant to talk about the unhappy incidents surrounding the funeral of her husband, a native of Puerto Rico who had been in the Army for 11 years.
Awaiting her at the apartment when she arrived from Washington was a telegram of apology from the Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance.
U.S. Army units became involved in suppressing the violence after Canal Zone police were overwhelmed, and after three days of fighting, about 22 Panamanians and four U.S. soldiers were killed. The incident is considered to be a significant factor in the U.S. decision to transfer control of the Canal Zone to Panama through the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.
Martyrs' Day (Spanish: Día de los Mártires) is a Panamanian day of national mourning which commemorates the January 9, 1964 anti-American riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone. The riot started after a Panamanian flag was torn and students were killed during a conflict with Canal Zone Police officers and Canal Zone residents. It is also known as the Flag Incident or Flag Protests.
Intel shows that Fidel Castro had helped the Panamanian rioters with supplies and propaganda tools.
(Bio by: Jay Lance)
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