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JOHN EDMON HAWTHORN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1947 – May 2, 1968
Service recordJohn Edmon Hawthorn, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 8
- LEON GONZA HAMILTON JRCorporal · May 2, 1968
- MICHAEL LEROY HANSONLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- PAUL ALVIN HARRISONCorporal · May 2, 1968
- FOSTER EUGENE HILLLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVE BUTOROVICCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 3
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 4
- EDWARD LOUIS MUNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 13
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.