Lt. Haley was killed in action on Negros island in the Philippines on Jan. 5, 1945, while serving as an army air force pilot. He enlisted in the service at Fargo on Nov. 4, 1942, and reported for duty on Feb. 22, 1943. The youth attended the State Teachers college at Minot for a year after his graduation from Minot high school and then enrolled at the North Dakota Agricultural college at Fargo. A member of Mu Sigma Tau fraternity, he was active in sports and campus affairs. Lt. Haley, who was born Sept. 13, 1923, at New Rockford, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Haley, Minot.