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HOY EARL CHUI MUN AU
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1949 – February 22, 1969
Service recordHoy Earl Chui Mun Au, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 75
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Kaneohe, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 75
- WOODROW WILLIAM ADAMSPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN ALLENSergeant · February 22, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT BAIRD JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- LARRY JOE BOEHMPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
From Kaneohe
- WAYNE ALLEN ARAKAKIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- ELIAS MAULILI KAUHANESergeant First Class · August 25, 1966
- BERNARD PALENPA HOOPII JRStaff Sergeant · December 12, 1966
- MERRIL ANDREW MCKILLIPSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- ARISTON R TALAN JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- EDWARD SATORU YAMASHIROSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- FREDERICK JARRETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- JERRY KAOPUA BRIGHTERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- WILLIAM NAKI IIISpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
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.