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RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNE
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1933 – September 12, 1967
Service recordRichard William Hawthorne, of Troy, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on September 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 60
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmaq/Ea-6a (I) (7542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMCJ 1 MAG 11 1 MAW
- Born
- November 12, 1933
- Home of record
- Troy, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 12, 1967
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VMCJ 1 MAG 11 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 26E, Line 60
- DAVID JOHN GULASHSergeant · September 12, 1967
- ELWOOD RANDALL HENDRIXFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1967
- CHESTER K HUTCHISONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- ROY JAMES JUERSCorporal · September 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD RAYMOND KANEMajor · Panel 26E, Line 61
From Troy
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · May 28, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES FELTERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- BRUCE LEO CAREYSergeant · February 18, 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.