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MASASHI NAKASHIMO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 26, 1947 – February 27, 1971
Service recordMasashi Nakashimo, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 9
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 9
- DENNIS LINN CRAVERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1971
- JOHN ANTHONY CUKALE JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
- ZBIGNIEW JOSEF DALENTACorporal · February 27, 1971
- JAMES LEWIS STEINKIRCHNERSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LINN CRAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 9
- JOHN ANTHONY CUKALE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 9
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
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.