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CHARLES MANUWAHL KALANI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 21, 1951 – January 1, 1972
Service recordCharles Manuwahl Kalani, of Paia, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1972, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Paia, Hawaii (Maui County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1972; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 94
- DOUGLAS EARL TROTTERSergeant · December 31, 1971
- HARVEY WAYNE BAKERMaster Sergeant · January 1, 1972
- ROBERT OLIVER BAKER JRCaptain · January 2, 1972
- BEDFORD LEE DRINNONSergeant · January 3, 1972
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY WAYNE BAKERMaster Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 94
From Paia
- ORVILLE D WELLSCorporal · July 23, 1966
- CASIMIRO VILLONSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- MICHAEL JEROME PACHECOCorporal · September 21, 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.