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DONALD SHUICHI FUJIMOTO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1945 – June 17, 1968
Service recordDonald Shuichi Fujimoto, of Stockton, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; seven of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56W, Line 12
- TYRONE EDWARD CARNEYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- DAVID MCLEAN HOLLINGWORTHSergeant · June 17, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE HUGHESSpecialist Four · June 17, 1968
- JACK WAYNE OAKESPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR BEDSOLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 11
- CHARLIE E BERRYSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 11
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KENNEDYPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 13
- ALLEN SHEFFIELD STROUDCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 15
- ROOSEVELT TOWNSENDCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 16
- WILLIAM THOMAS WEDGEWORTHCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 16
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 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.