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ORIL WILLIAM HAWLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1949 – August 30, 1968
Service recordOril William Hawley, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 10
- JORGE ALVARADO SILVASSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- WILLIAM HASKELL SMOCKPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- TADEUSZ SOSNIAKMaster Sergeant · August 30, 1968
- JOHN LEO TRACYPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.