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RODNEY TAMOTSU FUKUNAGA
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 3, 1947 – April 9, 1969
Service recordRodney Tamotsu Fukunaga, of Hilo, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Hilo, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 45
- DELMAR CLAUDE DENNISSpecialist Four · April 9, 1969
- NATHANIEL HUDSONSergeant · April 9, 1969
- BRUCE THOMAS KINGFirst Lieutenant · April 9, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD LEAP JRFirst Lieutenant · April 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GEORGE BUNCH JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 43
From Hilo
- CHARLES MAHELONA IOPACorporal · September 10, 1965
- DELMORE BYRON NERVEZASpecialist Five · December 6, 1965
- KAORU HONDASpecialist Five · September 3, 1967
- FRED KAWAILANI MAS HATADASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- STEVEN ROSS WOLTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 1968
- KENYU SHIMABUKUROGunnery Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- LARRY GENE LEOPOLDINOSpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- MICHAEL SEIJI NAKASHIMASpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- ERROL WAYNE PERREIRAPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- ALBERTO MILAR JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
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.