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OWEN TETSUMI HIRANO
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 23, 1945 – October 9, 1969
Service recordOwen Tetsumi Hirano, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 56
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 56
- MICHAEL LEE HOLTZLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- GEORGE DOUGLAS HOWARDPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- DARRELL DAVID IMBORNONEStaff Sergeant · October 9, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID JAGELERCaptain · October 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LEE AIKINCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 53
- JOHN PATRICK BRENNANCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 54
- CHARLES DAVID JAGELERCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 56
- ROBERT SCOTT MASON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 57
- GREG BRADFORD SCOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 58
- RICHARD ALAN SMITH SRSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 58
- DANNY RAY SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 59
- TONY MARIA VASQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 60
- JIMMY RAY GARBETTSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 122
- JAMES HENRY TURNERSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 124
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.