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GORDON ABNER HAWKINS
Captain · U.S. Army
July 31, 1937 – June 11, 1968
Service recordGordon Abner Hawkins, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 25
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1937
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 25
- OLLIE FORTEStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1968
- ROBERT STEVEN GROSSHARTFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND HARRISONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- KENNETH JEROME HAWKINSSergeant · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE IVENERPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 26
- DONALD WAYNE JACOBSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 26
- WILLIE OVERSTREET JRSpecialist Five · Panel 58W, Line 28
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.