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KENNETH BRUCE HAWLEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1939 – August 12, 1966
Service recordKenneth Bruce Hawley, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 131
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 131
- BLAIR CHARLTON WRYEColonel · April 22, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD JONES JRLance Corporal · August 12, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- JOHN IVORY JONES JRSergeant · August 13, 1966
From Oshkosh
- ORLAND ORRIN BEARWALDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD MANSKEPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS DOBISHPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DONALD ROY LASTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT FISCHERSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN MEHNEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · January 5, 1968
- CHRISTIAN ALAN LANGENFELDPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- STEVEN LYNN ZOBELLance Corporal · May 21, 1968
- MANUEL TORRES LOPEZSergeant First Class · June 27, 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.