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EARL AKIO OKUMURA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1947 – August 1, 1968
Service recordEarl Akio Okumura, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 42
- DONALD RANDALL FOWLERSpecialist Six · August 1, 1968
- DONALD NELSON GLENNHospitalman · August 1, 1968
- ROBERT GRIFFINPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- GLEN RAY HICKSSergeant · August 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD MARTIN BABIARZSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 40
- WILLIAM FOSTER HOOK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 46
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- 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
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.