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MELVIN SHOICHI FUJITA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1944 – July 2, 1969
Service recordMelvin Shoichi Fujita, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 45
- JOHN LEROY FLINNCaptain · July 2, 1969
- ALBERT MERK FRANSEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1969
- HOUSTON GULLEYSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
- ROBERT WILSON HOLDITCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY MICHAEL BRYANPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 43
- KENNETH ARTHUR MAHLPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 46
- TIMOTHY CRAIG NUNNALLYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 47
- DANIEL BERNARD SINNOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 49
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.