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DON ALBERT HAWKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1944 – November 1, 1967
Service recordDon Albert Hawkins, of San Diego, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 1, 1944
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 29E, Line 3
- MICHAEL MERVIN HORNERPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1967
- KEITH VINCENT HUFFSTUTLERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
- GERALD ALLEN IVERSONCorporal · November 1, 1967
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS JAQUACorporal · November 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FERDINAND JOSEPH QUATRONESergeant First Class · Panel 29E, Line 5
- FRANK RAY NOESergeant First Class · Panel 29E, Line 6
- DAVID ALEXANDER WOODSSergeant First Class · Panel 29E, Line 8
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.