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JERRY PAVEY HAWKINS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 13, 1933 – March 21, 1965
Service recordJerry Pavey Hawkins, of Iuka, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 21, 1965, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 97
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 13, 1933
- Home of record
- Iuka, Illinois (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1965; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 97
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- HAROLD RAY DOLLENSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1965
- DAVID JOHN WICK WIDDERCaptain · March 24, 1965
- WILLIAM DONALD REYNOLDSCaptain · March 28, 1965
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.