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JAMES DALE HAWES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 24, 1941 – November 11, 1965
Service recordJames Dale Hawes, of Waycross, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 40
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Waycross, Georgia (Ware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 40
- JOHN HENRY VANWYKPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1965
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- CLIFTON WALTER HAYSSpecialist Five · November 10, 1965
- WILLIAM ESPOSITO JRCorporal · November 11, 1965
- WILLIS WILLIAM WEBERSergeant · November 11, 1965
From Waycross
- WILLIAM THOMAS REACHFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1965
- ROBERT WESLEY HARDEN JRSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- TOMMIE LEE SILLSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MULLISSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- WILLIAM ARLAND GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- CLEVELAND BROWNINGCorporal · May 23, 1969
- NORMAN ROGER SWEATStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1969
- PERRY BERNARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
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.