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WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1946 – March 10, 1966
Service recordWillie George Hawkins JR, of Waco, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 134
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 134
- EUGENE FRANCIS ROBINSONFirst Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- PHILLIP THOMAS STAHLSpecialist Five · March 9, 1966
- CLARENCE CORNELIUS WILSONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES JESSE FORDSergeant · March 10, 1966
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
- RONALD CARL FORSBACHPrivate First Class · June 26, 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.