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DANNIE LEE HAWKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1949 – May 29, 1970
Service recordDannie Lee Hawkins, of Hanceville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Hanceville, Alabama (Cullman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 117
- GREEN THOMASPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BIERBAUMStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1970
- BILLY FERRELLSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
- KENNETH LEE GILLSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND L ROBERTSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 118
From Hanceville
- JACKIE JUNIOR FULGHUMPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- ERNEST BRYAN CUPPSergeant · April 5, 1967
- EDWARD MORRIS PIKESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD HAWKSpecialist Four · March 30, 1970
- WAYNE REUBEN HYATTMajor · February 18, 1971
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.