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AKIRA YAMASHITA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 18, 1928 – July 29, 1966
Service recordAkira Yamashita, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Interrogator (96C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 519 MIL INTEL USARV
- Born
- May 18, 1928
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “519 MIL INTEL USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 89
- HERBERT EUGENE SMITHChief Master Sergeant · July 1, 1966
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
- EDWARD MALINOWSKIPrivate First Class · July 30, 1966
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.