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WILLIAM EDWARD HAWKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1948 – May 26, 1970
Service recordWilliam Edward Hawkins, of Madisonville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Madisonville, Kentucky (Hopkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 103
- SAMMY MANUEL GULLARTSergeant · May 26, 1970
- ALAN HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- HANCIL EVERT HOWELL JRSergeant · May 26, 1970
- WILL ISAAC JRSergeant First Class · May 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ELLIOT GRAHAMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 102
- SAMMY MANUEL GULLARTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 103
- DAVID KEITH JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 104
- EDWARD MARTIN MILLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 104
- EDWARD TERRY OBRIENChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10W, Line 105
From Madisonville
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COOMESSergeant · February 3, 1966
- JOHN CURTIS BURDENHospitalman · August 17, 1967
- JOHN LEE JONESCorporal · February 2, 1968
- HENRY LEE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- WILLIAM DEXTER HARRISSpecialist Four · September 14, 1973
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.