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WILLIE HOWARD HAWKINS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1948 – August 27, 1970
Service recordWillie Howard Hawkins JR, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, North Carolina (Onslow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 16
- ANDREW RYAN BARRETTStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1970
- DANIEL MURPHY BENNETTCorporal · August 27, 1970
- JAMES CALWINN CAINCorporal · August 27, 1970
- MARCUS JAMES HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 27, 1970
From Jacksonville
- PHILLIP RONALD JARRETTGunnery Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- JAMES HENRY WILSON JRSergeant · October 30, 1967
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- ROLAND JOHN PANARESESpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- WILLIAM BENFORD SCOTTSergeant · August 12, 1969
- KENNETH GEORGE BURLOCK JRSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
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.