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ROBERT JAMES HAWKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 6, 1949 – May 8, 1969
Service recordRobert James Hawks, of Antioch, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 23
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
- Communication Center Operator (2542)
- Born
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Antioch, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 23
- LARRY KEITH HENSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- PETER LAUST JAKOBSENPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- HAROLD LESLIE JONESLance Corporal · May 8, 1969
- ANDRE LOUIS KNOPPERTLance Corporal · May 8, 1969
From Antioch
- EDWARD CHARLES GOELZPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- HARRY CORNELIUS VANDERKLOOTPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JIMMY CHARLES BOWERSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- CHARLES G TAUBERMAN SRStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1971
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.