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SAMUEL KAULUHAIMAI KAHANA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 28, 1943 – November 1, 1968
Service recordSamuel Kauluhaimai Kahana, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 77
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 77
- FLOYD W HOUGHTALING IIISeaman · November 1, 1968
- ARISTOTOLES DEL R IBANEZPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- WILLIE LEE JAMESPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- PAULL DAVID JOSESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY LYNN HEGGENCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 76
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.