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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Hayward K H Peleiholani.

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HAYWARD K H PELEIHOLANI

Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

June 14, 1950 – August 23, 1969

Service record

Hayward K H Peleiholani, of Pahoa, Hawaii, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 19W · Line 101

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Lance Corporal (LCPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Rifleman (0311)
Born
June 14, 1950
Home of record
Pahoa, Hawaii (Hawaii County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 23, 1969
Age
19
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

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24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Pahoa

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.