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HAWK JESSE MILTON RED
Private · U.S. Army
April 9, 1948 – November 10, 1968
Service recordHawk Jesse Milton Red, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 45
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 589 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Pine Ridge, South Dakota (Shannon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 45
- JOHN PAUL MURPHYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1968
- JOHN GWIN RITCHPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- BILLIE GROVER RUSSCorporal · November 10, 1968
- HARRY W WICKERSHAM JRFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1968
From Pine Ridge
- GILBERT LEWIS MATTHEWS JRCaptain · June 24, 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.