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MINORU TANAKA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1931 – November 28, 1967
Service recordMinoru Tanaka, of Waiakoa, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 1
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1931
- Home of record
- Waiakoa, Hawaii (Maui County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 1
- THOMAS FREDRICK SANDOVALStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- DENNIS ROBERT SCHMIDTAirman · November 28, 1967
- ARTHUR SLOAN JRMaster Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- BENNIE ALLEN SMITHSpecialist Four · November 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GLENN CARAWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 100
- BILL EDGER GAULTSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 100
- JAMES BRANNON MEEKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 102
- DARRELL H MOREYCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 102
- WILLIAM THOMAS POSTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 102
- BENNIE ALLEN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 1
- EDWARD FRANCIS ZACKOWSKISergeant · Panel 31E, Line 2
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.