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THOMAS HOWARD HAWKING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1942 – September 16, 1966
Service recordThomas Howard Hawking, of Fullerton, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1966, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 101
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vme (Jet) (7333)
- Born
- April 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1966; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 101
- CHARLIE GAUSEPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- JAMES ROGER GRIFFINCorporal · September 16, 1966
- BENJAMIN ALBERT KENISONCorporal · September 16, 1966
- JOSEPH MARION LIGHTLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
From Fullerton
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 1968
- DANIEL CARDENAS JRLance Corporal · August 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.