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KENNETH JAMES TAKEMOTO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1948 – January 4, 1968
Service recordKenneth James Takemoto, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Wahiawa, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 42
- RUBEN BELL JRPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM SORENSENPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JRPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- FRANK OLIVARES TABOADAPrivate · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- COY G STAYTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 34
- ROBERT LOUIS CLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 35
- GREGORY ELLIS COXSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 35
- BILLY WILLIE GOBERSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 36
- ROGER DALE GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 36
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 37
- LARRY HOLMES MCLAUGHLINSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 37
- LOWELL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 38
- CURTIS LEE KENNEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 38
- MICHAEL FREDERICK MEYHOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 39
- GENE ALBERT POLITOCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 40
- GARRY GARNETT PRINCEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 40
- DWIGHT FRANCIS RANDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 41
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
- JOHN MICHIO MAMIYAChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- ELMER WILLIAM DICKENSStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- ELMELINDO RODRIGUES SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- FELICISIMO ARELIANO HUGOSergeant First Class · February 26, 1967
- 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.