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PELESASA SOLOMONA TAUANUU
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1940 – May 28, 1968
Service recordPelesasa Solomona Tauanuu, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 16
- RONNIE WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SOPKOPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- THOMAS ARTHUR STEVENS JRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN THOMAS SULLIVANLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
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.