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HAROLD FREDRICK HAWKINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 4, 1947 – June 18, 1969
Service recordHarold Fredrick Hawkins, of Coldwater, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 77
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Coldwater, Michigan (Branch County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 77
- ALAN HEALD GREENLAWSergeant · June 18, 1969
- WALTER JOE LOUIS GRIFFINPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- BARRY RICHARD GRULKESpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- JAMES DALE HENNESSEYSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
From Coldwater
- EUGENE WILLIAM CASWELLWarrant Officer 1 · May 27, 1966
- AUGUST HAROLD MONHOFCorporal · December 5, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER EDWIN LYONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- RALPH LAVERNE GREENPetty Officer First Class · September 18, 1968
- REX FRANKLIN NELSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- GENE BERTAN NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · February 26, 1970
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.