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ISAAC YOSHIRO HOSAKA
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 7, 1949 – May 24, 1972
Service recordIsaac Yoshiro Hosaka, of Gardena, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 30
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Gardena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1972; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 30
- DAVID LEE BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 24, 1972
- JOHN ROBERT HENN JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 24, 1972
- DAN CHRISTIE KINGMAN JRMajor · May 24, 1972
- BRUCE EUGENE KLINEFirst Lieutenant · May 24, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT HENN JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 30
From Gardena
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ERNEST DUKEHARTPrivate · December 23, 1966
- JIMMIE CARTER MARTINPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- BERNARDINO GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD LINDERSergeant · May 16, 1967
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KEPPLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1967
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- RICKEY EUGENE APPLEBYLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
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.