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ARTHUR KAORU KAWACHIKA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – February 24, 1971
Service recordArthur Kaoru Kawachika, of Eureka, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1971, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 3
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Food Service Specialist (94F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1971; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 3
- CRAIG JAMES JAKELSpecialist Five · February 24, 1971
- MICHAEL HENRY KEYSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1971
- DENNIS ARTHUR SMITHCaptain · February 24, 1971
- JOSEPH MICHAEL WILSHERCaptain · February 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY ALLEN JACKSONPrivate · Panel 4W, Line 2
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 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.