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HENRY B HAWKINS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 31, 1944 – November 15, 1967
Service recordHenry B Hawkins JR, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 100
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 100
- JIMMY LEE FISHERCorporal · November 15, 1967
- JIMMY EDWIN FLYNNSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- JOHN SWAIN GORDONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- DAVID IRA HARNERSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PENN MAREKPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 101
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 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.