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RICHARD JOSEPH HAWCO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1949 – January 26, 1970
Service recordRichard Joseph Hawco, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 16, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 68
- MICHAEL EDWARD STYERLieutenant Colonel · January 13, 1970
- FRANCIS MATTHEW AUDSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- DAVID EARL FARRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1970
- HARVIE RENA FRADYSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- PATRICK HENRY HALBERTSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.