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JOHN MICHIO MAMIYA
Chief Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 21, 1933 – July 29, 1966
Service recordJohn Michio Mamiya, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, served as a Chief Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on July 29, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 88
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 21, 1933
- Home of record
- Wahiawa, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 29, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 88
- LONNIE DEAN HARTSOCKLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- BERNARD CONKLINLieutenant Colonel · July 29, 1966
- RAY STEPHEN LONGPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- JAMES ALAN MAXAMPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- DON RUE SAINSpecialist Four · July 29, 1966
From Wahiawa
- EDWARD Y C KIMStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- TEOFILO CASTILLO PIMENTELSergeant First Class · February 10, 1966
- HOWARD J ANDUHAStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1966
- ELMER WILLIAM DICKENSStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- ELMELINDO RODRIGUES SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- FELICISIMO ARELIANO HUGOSergeant First Class · February 26, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES TAKEMOTOSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- CLIFFORD AUHUNA NEWMANSeaman · November 11, 1968
- TERRY TERUO KAWAMURACorporal · March 20, 1969
- YOSHIO TAKEHARASergeant First Class · February 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.