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MASAICHI FUJIMOTO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1925 – April 2, 1967
Service recordMasaichi Fujimoto, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Postal Clerk (71F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1925
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 92
- THURMAN ELBY FILLINGIMStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- JOSEPH LESTER HOCKENBERRYPlatoon Sergeant · April 2, 1967
- RALPH CHARLES HUTHPrivate First Class · April 2, 1967
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.