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EDWARD SATORU YAMASHIRO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1945 – June 7, 1967
Service recordEdward Satoru Yamashiro, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Kaneohe, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 72
- RONALD ANTHONY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE WORTHENPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- JEFFREY LAWRENCE BARKERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
From Kaneohe
- WAYNE ALLEN ARAKAKIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- ELIAS MAULILI KAUHANESergeant First Class · August 25, 1966
- BERNARD PALENPA HOOPII JRStaff Sergeant · December 12, 1966
- MERRIL ANDREW MCKILLIPSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- ARISTON R TALAN JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- FREDERICK JARRETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- HOY EARL CHUI MUN AUPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- JERRY KAOPUA BRIGHTERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- WILLIAM NAKI IIISpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
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.