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EDGAR LEE HAWKINS
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 3, 1929 – September 20, 1965
Service recordEdgar Lee Hawkins, of Lamesa, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 20, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 67 TFS
- Born
- May 3, 1929
- Home of record
- Lamesa, Texas (Dawson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “67 TFS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 91
- GRADY KEITH EMBREYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- LARRY STANLEY PIERCEStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1965
- MARTIN FRANK SCHWICK JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
From Lamesa
- GILIVALDO A MARTINEZ JRStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1965
- LUIS GARCIA GONZALES JRCorporal · June 17, 1968
- FELIX DENNIS RIDGEPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- JOE EDDIE DEMERSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL SNELLCaptain · June 14, 1969
- JOHN D MARTINSergeant · July 13, 1969
- ROBERT LARRY OAKSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
- JAMES DARRELL WADDELLSergeant · April 14, 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.