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SHOJIRO YAMASHITA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1945 – June 10, 1970
Service recordShojiro Yamashita, of Berkeley, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Berkeley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 42
- EDWIN THOMAS WINTERFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD WURTENBERGSergeant First Class · June 10, 1970
- VERNON GAIL BERGQUISTSpecialist Four · June 11, 1970
- JAMES GRADY BULLOCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARION BRYAN ANDLERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 36
- JAMES MIKE DAVISCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 37
- JOHN FRANCIS MALONEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 39
- JOHN JOSEPH VARDNERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 41
- EDWIN THOMAS WINTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 42
From Berkeley
- ZOLTAN ALAJOS KOVACSWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1965
- DONALD HUBERT BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · August 12, 1965
- WINFIELD WADE SISSONColonel · October 18, 1965
- PHILIP MICHAEL CALLANPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- KENNETH ROBBINS CAMERONCaptain · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HARECorporal · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD MULLAN JRHospitalman · June 28, 1967
- DONALD LEROY GASSERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- ALLEN HIDEO HARANOPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- JAMES OSCAR WESTPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
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.