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WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1935 – July 24, 1966
Service recordWilliam Henry Hawkins, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 68
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- July 29, 1935
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 68
- JERRY LEE HAILEYStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- DANIEL WILLIAM HARMONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT MARK HULSELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT MILTON JOHNSONCorporal · July 24, 1966
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- RONALD ANTHONY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.