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KAORU HONDA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 11, 1928 – September 3, 1967
Service recordKaoru Honda, of Hilo, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP
- Born
- March 11, 1928
- Home of record
- Hilo, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 92
- FRANCIS BRADFORD AMOROSOCorporal · September 3, 1967
- GEORGE ARTHUR DIDASKALOUPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- LEWIS C GILDERWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
- WILLIAM LON LOCKHARTSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
From Hilo
- CHARLES MAHELONA IOPACorporal · September 10, 1965
- DELMORE BYRON NERVEZASpecialist Five · December 6, 1965
- FRED KAWAILANI MAS HATADASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- STEVEN ROSS WOLTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 1968
- KENYU SHIMABUKUROGunnery Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- RODNEY TAMOTSU FUKUNAGACorporal · April 9, 1969
- LARRY GENE LEOPOLDINOSpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- MICHAEL SEIJI NAKASHIMASpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- ERROL WAYNE PERREIRAPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- ALBERTO MILAR JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
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.