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FELIX BOYD HAWKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1948 – June 29, 1967
Service recordFelix Boyd Hawkins, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 83
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 83
- GAYLON DARYL DAVOULTLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- GARY LEE DUVALLLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- ELWIN JAY LAMBSergeant · June 29, 1967
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
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.