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CALVIN DONALD DAWKINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 17, 1946 – December 13, 1967
Service recordCalvin Donald Dawkins, of Chester, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 87
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Chester, South Carolina (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 87
- JOHN EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- JOHN W FITZGERALD JRSergeant First Class · December 13, 1967
- PAUL GEORGE HAMILTON JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
From Chester
- WILLIE JAMES MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- EDDIE LOUIS JAMES JRCorporal · October 27, 1967
- ARTHUR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- CECIL JAMES CLACKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES GLENN RAWLSSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- JAMES CLEVELAND JACKSONCorporal · July 27, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.