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JAMES TOSHI KAJIWARA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1946 – March 11, 1967
Service recordJames Toshi Kajiwara, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 60
- FRANCIS BRYANT CONCANNONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HUTTONSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- JOSEPH JOHN KARINS JRMajor · March 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD HARDING BALLARDCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 56
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 56
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 57
- FORREST DEAN HOEMEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 57
- FRANK CARL ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 58
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 59
- JAMES MICHAEL KENDRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 61
- RONALD LEE MANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 62
- JOHN DARRELL NOKESPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 62
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · Panel 16E, Line 64
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 64
- ROLAND JUNIOR SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 65
- GALE KURK VOGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 66
- ROBERT CARL VOLTZPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 66
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.