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GARY WAYNE HAWKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 12, 1948 – October 24, 1967
Service recordGary Wayne Hawkins, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 60
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 60
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DUANE JESSENSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE KEELEYPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 60
- FREDDIE JOE KEELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 60
- RAYNALDO POLENDOSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 62
- BASIL LEE SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 62
- JOEL LUTHER SCHUBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 62
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.