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ALAN YUKIO MATSUURA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1944 – April 12, 1964
Service recordAlan Yukio Matsuura, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Helicopter Repairer (Oh-58d) (67S)
- Born
- December 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1964
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1964. In April 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 48
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROBERT NEWTON BRUMETCaptain · April 9, 1964
- WILLIAM THOMAS CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · April 10, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
- ROBERT ORTOGERO NATARTESergeant · February 15, 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.