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CHARLES EDWARD HAWK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1944 – April 19, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Hawk, of Steelton, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 49
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- January 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Steelton, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 49
- STERLING CRAIG HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- GREGORY LAWRENCE MARTINPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- DAVID EARL MATTHEWSCorporal · April 19, 1967
From Steelton
- REUBEN LOUIS GARNETT JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- DONALD LEROY MURPHYSeaman · July 14, 1968
- JIMMIE JACK JONES JRSpecialist Five · March 7, 1970
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.