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JONATHON JEFFREY HAWKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 12, 1948 – October 10, 1968
Service recordJonathon Jeffrey Hawkins, of South Bend, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · 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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 12, 1948
- Home of record
- South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 40
- EUGENE ALLEN HANDRAHANSergeant First Class · October 10, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HERREIDStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- HENRY JAMESPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- VON MILES LIEBERNECHTCaptain · October 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · Panel 41W, Line 41
- EVERETT LEROY DAUGHERTY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 43
- JAMES WALTER SZCZUPAJSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 43
- FRANK C VANLOON JRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 44
From South Bend
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMESSergeant · June 15, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
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.