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ROY YASUSHI SHINKAWA
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 2, 1947 – February 23, 1971
Service recordRoy Yasushi Shinkawa, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Laos, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 1
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “173 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 1
- GILBERT OLIVER RUFF JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- RICKEY ALLAN SLANDERAirman First Class · February 23, 1971
- TERRY MAXWELL USHERFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1971
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALERZAKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM BRUINSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 132
- TERRANCE AKI OGATASpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 133
- CHARLES RAYMOND HAUSHERRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 134
- DENNIS CLAUDE FARRISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 135
- JAMES ALLEN MINERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 135
- TERRY MAXWELL USHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 1
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.