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ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHI
Captain · U.S. Army
January 23, 1940 – January 23, 1966
Service recordRoy Shigeru Kobayashi, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 588 ENG BN
- Born
- January 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 84
- DELMAR GEORGE BOOZECaptain · January 24, 1966
- RAYMOND LEWIS BOWEN JRSpecialist Four · January 24, 1966
- EDWARD JAN COXSergeant First Class · January 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE NEAL HELBERCaptain · January 24, 1966
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
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
- ROBERT ORTOGERO NATARTESergeant · February 15, 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.