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KANJI YOSHINO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1925 – November 18, 1969
Service recordKanji Yoshino, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1969, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 94
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 6, 1925
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1969
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Go Cong Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 94
- DONALD EDWIN SPENCEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1969
- MATTHEW ALONZO THOMAS JRSpecialist Five · November 18, 1969
- ROGER JOSEPH BACHMANFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1969
- PAUL HUBERT DUNNE JRCorporal · November 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY LEE BURRISSSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 92
- ANDREW GREGORY KIRCHMAYERCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 93
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.