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ALEXANDER A KAOPUIKI JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 23, 1947 – August 6, 1969
Service recordAlexander A Kaopuiki JR, of Wailuku, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 100
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Wailuku, Hawaii (Maui County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 100
- SAMUEL BETZStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- JAMES CLEVELAND BINK JRPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
- GARY MAXWELL CLEMENTSCaptain · August 6, 1969
- NORMAND ALFRED CORBINLance Corporal · August 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY BERNARD HOJNOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 102
From Wailuku
- ESTEBAN WALLACE TADENAStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- GEORGE KUAMOO KAPALULance Corporal · August 21, 1968
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.