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ELLIOT MATSUOH YOSHIDA
Private · U.S. Army
November 21, 1943 – October 25, 1971
Service recordElliot Matsuoh Yoshida, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 50
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Finance Specialist (73C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Wahiawa, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 50
- CLIFFORD ARTHUR HOSTENSergeant · October 24, 1971
- HARRY DEWITT MCWHINNEY JRSpecialist Five · October 25, 1971
- BRUCE ALLYN ABDELLAHPrivate · October 26, 1971
- MICKEY EUGENE EVELANDSpecialist Four · October 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HARRY DEWITT MCWHINNEY JRSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 50
From Wahiawa
- EDWARD Y C KIMStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- TEOFILO CASTILLO PIMENTELSergeant First Class · February 10, 1966
- HOWARD J ANDUHAStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1966
- JOHN MICHIO MAMIYAChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- ELMER WILLIAM DICKENSStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- ELMELINDO RODRIGUES SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- FELICISIMO ARELIANO HUGOSergeant First Class · February 26, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES TAKEMOTOSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- CLIFFORD AUHUNA NEWMANSeaman · November 11, 1968
- TERRY TERUO KAWAMURACorporal · March 20, 1969
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.