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KENNETH JEROME HAWKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1931 – June 11, 1968
Service recordKenneth Jerome Hawkins, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 25
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 21, 1931
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 25
- OLLIE FORTEStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1968
- ROBERT STEVEN GROSSHARTFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND HARRISONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- GORDON ABNER HAWKINSCaptain · June 11, 1968
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
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.