Staff Sergeant Ryan E. Haupt served with the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and was from Monroe County. He was born June 6, 1982 and was killed by an IED in Baqubah, Iraq on October 17, 2006. He was twenty-four at the time of his death. He had enlisted from Phoenix, Arizona.

He is buried at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois

My son, Staff Sergeant Ryan E Haupt, was killed in Iraq on October 17, 2006. He lived here in Monroe County, East Tennessee for about 2 years when he was a teenager, but he enlisted out of Arizona after only living there for 2 years. He did love East Tennessee, though, and this is where I have lived for 12 1/2 years. He did attend school in Monroe County, and they do honor him on each Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day as being one of theirs.
–Submitted by Lynn Forehand

Ryan E. Haupt is located next to my father in Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois. I always say hello before seeing Dad. Yesterday we left a small USArmy flag on his burial site. I visit the cemetery about once a week, and last week I looked Ryan up. Yesterday as I left the flag, I could put a face and smile with his name.
–Submitted by Maria L Knickrehm

  • Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Date of birth:
  • 6 June 1982
  • Date of death: 17 October 2006
  • County: Monroe
  • Service Branch: Army
  • Division/Assignment: 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
  • Conflict: Iraq
  • Awards: Combat Infantryman's Badge, Purple Heart, Bronze Star
  • Burial/Memorial Location: Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois
  • Location In Memorial: Pillar XXV, Top Panel
  • Sponsored by: Maria L Knickrehm

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