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KAZUTO MORIWAKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1937 – November 7, 1968
Service recordKazuto Moriwaki, of Moses Lake, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 34
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1937
- Home of record
- Moses Lake, Washington (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 34
- PAUL EDWARD MALESZEWSKISpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- WILLIAM FREDERICK MEINECKEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- JOHN FERDINAND SCHAFFERCorporal · November 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT SPRINGERPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL KUBICAPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 33
From Moses Lake
- GERALD WAYNE MCCONNEL JRSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JASON AIREAL HOLESCorporal · June 6, 1968
- VICTOR M HODSONFirst Lieutenant · April 14, 1969
- STANLEY ALAN CARTERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEYPrivate · April 19, 1969
- DARYL GENE MEIDINGERPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- RICHARD DENNIS ATORMajor · March 5, 1970
- DOUGLAS FRANK STRAITSpecialist Six · October 18, 1970
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.