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KENYU SHIMABUKURO
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1934 – August 22, 1968
Service recordKenyu Shimabukuro, of Hilo, Hawaii, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 33
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- December 30, 1934
- Home of record
- Hilo, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 33
- PETER LOWELL RUSSELLSergeant · August 22, 1968
- THOMAS KING SMITHSpecialist Five · August 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENS IIIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- JOHN D STRINGFELLOW JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
From Hilo
- CHARLES MAHELONA IOPACorporal · September 10, 1965
- DELMORE BYRON NERVEZASpecialist Five · December 6, 1965
- KAORU HONDASpecialist Five · September 3, 1967
- FRED KAWAILANI MAS HATADASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- STEVEN ROSS WOLTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 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.