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THOMAS G HAWKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 19, 1948 – November 6, 1967
Service recordThomas G Hawkins, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 30
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 30
- IRA L GARNERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- ROY ALLEN GIBSONSergeant · November 6, 1967
- ROBERT WARREN HAGERMANColonel · November 6, 1967
- JERRY L HILLSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.