Edwin F. Haas was born May 12, 1889, at Reading, Pennsylvania. Prior to his enlistment with the Constabulary, he served with the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Wisconsin from May 12, 1906, to May 12, 1910. He enlisted with the Constabulary on August 5, 1910, and was assigned to Troop B, Wyoming.
On October 17, 1924, while trying to dislodge a jammed cartridge in his revolver at Troop headquarters, he was accidentally shot and killed. At the time of his death, he was the Troop Quartermaster Sergeant. He was buried in Dennison Cemetery, Swoyersville.
Sergeant Haas was survived by his wife, Mrs. Edwin F. Haas, of Harrisburg. He was 35 and had completed 14 years of Constabulary service.