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TAKESHI SATO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 12, 1947 – July 3, 1969
Service recordTakeshi Sato, of Port Hueneme, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Port Hueneme, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; ten of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 57
- RICHARD G SONNEBERGERLance Corporal · July 3, 1969
- BILL HENRY TERRY JRCorporal · July 3, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES WHITEHOUSESpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- AMOS LEVERN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WAYNE FELTCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 51
- MICHAEL FLEMING FOLLANDCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 51
- ROBERT ALLEN LAYTON JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 54
- ROBERT ALAN LEWISCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 54
- THOMAS NICHOLAS MOTTOSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 54
- DARRELL EUGENE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 55
- ANTHONY EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 55
- BILL HENRY TERRY JRCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 57
From Port Hueneme
- JOHN HENRY VANWYKPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1965
- JESUS ARTHUR MUNOZSergeant · March 24, 1966
- DONALD EDMOND WEEDCorporal · January 27, 1968
- JOHN FRANK BARNETTLance Corporal · July 19, 1970
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.