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FRED KAIMI NAAUAO KAMA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1940 – September 6, 1967
Service recordFred Kaimi Naauao Kama, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 12
- JOHN PAUL KLABUNDELance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- MICHAEL LUKE LANGERIOLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- DAVID BRAUCH LEFEVERCorporal · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT MASONLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS ALAN GETTYPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 9
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.