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EDWARD KIKAU KEA
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 8, 1924 – July 10, 1967
Service recordEdward Kikau Kea, of Oahu Island, Hawaii, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 43
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1924
- Home of record
- Oahu Island, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1967
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 43
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- REVELRY LAWRENCE KERWINSergeant · July 10, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD ROY LASTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- PETER GERALD LECHNIRSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 43
- CLAUDE PAUL MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 44
- ANTHONY STEVEN PAPALASPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 45
- JAMES CRAIG WEARSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 47
From Oahu Island
- GEORGE R W K GREENWOODStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
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.