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GARY NOBORU KAWAMURA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1944 – May 3, 1967
Service recordGary Noboru Kawamura, of Lihue, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Lihue, Hawaii (Kauai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 28
- JOSEPH RHUBEN LAROSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT YOUGETE LOUIS JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- TOMMIE RICHARD LUNNSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- NORMAND RICHARD MARTELPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 21
- EARLIE RANDSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 26
- JOEL CHARLES KERVINPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 27
- JULIO A TORRES-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 33
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.