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RONNIE LEE HAWKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 9, 1944 – December 28, 1969
Service recordRonnie Lee Hawks, of University City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 103
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
- April 9, 1944
- Home of record
- University City, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 103
- JOHN WILLIAM FOREMANSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT SIDNEY GATESChief Petty Officer · December 28, 1969
- STEPHEN FREDERICK GEORGEFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- DEAN ELLSWORTH HALLSpecialist Four · December 28, 1969
From University City
- M J SAVOYAirman · June 17, 1966
- ALLEN SHELDON CHERRYCaptain · August 9, 1967
- PETER ANTHONY SCHRADERCorporal · November 9, 1967
- GARY STUART POSCOVERCorporal · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD DAVID CHORLINSCaptain · January 11, 1970
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.