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EDWARD NOBORU KANESHIRO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1928 – March 6, 1967
Medal of Honor StoryEdward Noboru Kaneshiro, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Medal of Honor · awarded posthumously
For conspicuous gallantry
Edward Noboru Kaneshiro received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor, for his actions on December 1, 1966.
Citation text as reproduced in Wikipedia’s article on Edward Noboru Kaneshiro; Medal of Honor citations are official U.S. government records. See also the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and all Medal of Honor recipients on the Wall.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1928
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 28
- JESUS GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- LAMONT DOUGLAS HILLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GLENN ANDRE SHEPPARDLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JESUS GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 28
- JIMMIE CARTER MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 30
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. The Medal of Honor citation above is the official account of his actions. See something wrong? Report a correction.