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MELVIN TETSUO NISHIYAMA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1945 – June 3, 1966
Service recordMelvin Tetsuo Nishiyama, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 4
- RICHARD MADDEN JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- RUSSELL DEAN MARTINLieutenant Colonel · June 3, 1966
- HAROLD EUGENE MULLINSChief Master Sergeant · June 3, 1966
- CARL SYLVESTER PARKERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
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.