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DONALD DALE HAWKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – August 19, 1968
Service recordDonald Dale Hawkins, of Port Orchard, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 55
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Port Orchard, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 55
- JAMES JOSEPH HEFNERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- AUBREY RUDOLPH HENLEYStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY HERINGCaptain · August 19, 1968
- TERRY ALAN HODGESSergeant · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE CLAYTON BROGOITTISergeant · Panel 48W, Line 52
From Port Orchard
- JOSEPH ROBERT RIEBLILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLINTOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DARREL ZANE WRIGHTSergeant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN JACKSONSergeant · February 17, 1968
- GUY NORTH BERNARDLance Corporal · March 2, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE TURNERStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1968
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.