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JOHNNY LEE HAWKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1949 – January 4, 1970
Service recordJohnny Lee Hawkins, of Fairfax, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 125
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
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Fairfax, Virginia (Fairfax (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 125
- DAVID SAMUEL JONESLance Corporal · January 4, 1970
- REGINALD WALLACE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- RICHARD MICHAEL MAHONSpecialist Five · January 4, 1970
- DANNY WAYNE OVERTONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT WHITMOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 127
- WALDO ALVA WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 127
From Fairfax
- ROBERT READE THRUSTON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1964
- MICHAEL ARLIN BALZERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FEAGANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 1, 1968
- PATRICK AUGUSTINE MCKENNAPetty Officer Second Class · July 15, 1968
- PHILIP JEFFREY TAFTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
- MARTIN L GREEN JRCaptain · May 11, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON BESSORCaptain · May 13, 1969
- LESLIE LEWIS SHELTONLance Corporal · December 28, 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.