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FUIFUITAUA AMISONE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1929 – January 21, 1967
Service recordFuifuitaua Amisone, of Kahuku, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1929
- Home of record
- Kahuku, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 7
- THADDEUS E WILLIAMS JRCaptain · January 9, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD SIEBENSergeant · January 10, 1967
- MERRITT STOVES IIIPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- HENRY JAMES STUCKEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- MORRIS CRAIG WHEELERLance Corporal · January 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 62
- JIMMY DALE HESSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 63
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 63
- MANUEL VAILLIDO TREVINOCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 65
- JOHN LESTER WILHELMSpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 65
- CHARLES MICHAEL YATESPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 65
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.