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GEORGE KUAMOO KAPALU
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1949 – August 21, 1968
Service recordGeorge Kuamoo Kapalu, of Wailuku, Hawaii, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Wailuku, Hawaii (Maui County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 19
- JOHN IMBACH IIISpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- LEWIS MILTON KING JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- MAINOR DAVID LANG JRSergeant First Class · August 21, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE LEDBETTERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
From Wailuku
- ESTEBAN WALLACE TADENAStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- ALEXANDER A KAOPUIKI JRCorporal · August 6, 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.