THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever….

Private First Class Ronnie Lee Hawks, Served with Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Third Marine Amphibious Force.

Both you and your brother, Richard Franklin Hawks, died during the Vietnam war and both are one the Wall. I never got to meet you nor your brother but Grandma says that you both were great people.
Love always,
Jeanelle

Dear PFC Ronnie Hawks,
Thank you for your service as a Rifleman. Your 75th birthday was this month, happy birthday. It is Easter week and Passover. The war was years ago, but we all need to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

PFC Charles R. Raines and PFC Ronnie L. Hawks were riflemen serving with B Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines. At 1430 hours on December 21, 1969, PFC Raines and PFC Hawks were on a squad-sized movement to an observation post six miles northeast of Hiep Duc in Quang Nam Province, RVN, when a booby-trapped M26 grenade was tripped. Both Marines were injured in the blast. They were evacuated to the NSA Station Hospital in Da Nang where Raines expired the next day and Hawks died a week later. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]