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JAMES RICHARD HAWK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 1, 1948 – March 30, 1970
Service recordJames Richard Hawk, of Hanceville, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 60
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Hanceville, Alabama (Cullman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 60
- CLIFFORD EUGENE HALEYLance Corporal · March 30, 1970
- GLEASON CAY HELTONSergeant · March 30, 1970
- RUSSELL CRANSTON HIBLERSergeant · March 30, 1970
- NICHOLAS MICHAEL MOLNARSergeant · March 30, 1970
From Hanceville
- JACKIE JUNIOR FULGHUMPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- ERNEST BRYAN CUPPSergeant · April 5, 1967
- EDWARD MORRIS PIKESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DANNIE LEE HAWKINSSergeant · May 29, 1970
- WAYNE REUBEN HYATTMajor · February 18, 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.