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RICHARD FRANKLIN HAWKS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1946 – July 5, 1967
Service recordRichard Franklin Hawks, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 22
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
- Born
- May 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 22
- DONALD CLEAVER PIKESergeant · July 6, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PRICESergeant · July 6, 1967
- JETTIE RIVERS JRFirst Sergeant · July 6, 1967
- FRANK IRA RIVIERESergeant · July 6, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.