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STARLING G HAWKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 13, 1949 – January 14, 1972
Service recordStarling G Hawkins, of Pittsburg, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 14, 1972, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 97
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, Texas (Camp County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1972; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 97
- KENNETH CORNEY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1972
- CARLTON LEO DIXONSergeant · January 13, 1972
- DAVID ERWIN VICKERSSergeant · January 14, 1972
- RICHARD LEWIS WILSONPrivate First Class · January 14, 1972
From Pittsburg
- DANIEL L CHAPPELLStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1965
- HERMAN DALE BUCHANANCorporal · December 11, 1969
- MORRIS CALVIN MILES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- CLYDE THOMASCorporal · March 15, 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.