• Jan. 1, 1922 – Feb. 12, 1944
• Business Administration 1940-1942; Class of 1943
  • Attended Memphis State before transferring
• 2nd Lt – Army Air Corps
• Aerial observer. Killed when three B-26 bombers collided during a formation flight at Greenville Army Air Base, SC.
• Buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.

John “Jack” Joseph Haener (Jan. 1, 1922 – Feb. 12, 1944) was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended Memphis State briefly before attending the University of Tennessee for Business Administration from 1940 to 1942. Though projected to graduate as part of the Class of 1943, Haener enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1942. He was trained as an Aerial Observer and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was killed on February 12, 1944, alongside 15 other airmen while stationed at Greenville Army Air Base when three B-26 bombers collided mid-air during a practice maneuver. He is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.

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