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NAOTO YAMASHIRO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1924 – August 23, 1967
Service recordNaoto Yamashiro, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Adps Repairman (34D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 59 SIG CO USARV
- Born
- May 7, 1924
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1967
- Age
- 43
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 36
- JOHNNY CECIL WHEELERSpecialist Four · August 23, 1967
- DEREX WILLIAMS JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL ALLARDSergeant First Class · August 24, 1967
- DUANE RUSSELL BENTLEYPrivate First Class · August 24, 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.