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JOHN RICHARD KAAWA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 27, 1949 – January 29, 1969
Service recordJohn Richard Kaawa, of Waianae, Hawaii, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Waianae, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 15
- LARRY FRANK HUNTHospitalman · January 29, 1969
- DENNIS EARL KOCHSpecialist Five · January 29, 1969
- FRANK MICHAEL KOERNERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- SAMUEL DAVID REEVES JRLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
From Waianae
- BENEDICTO PIOSALAN BAYRONWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1965
- JONES EUGENE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · April 12, 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.