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UINIFARETI SALEAUMUA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1934 – February 16, 1967
Service recordUinifareti Saleaumua, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- September 6, 1934
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 50
- ANGELO PULLARACaptain · February 16, 1967
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- HOWARD WAYNE REECELance Corporal · February 16, 1967
- JERRY ALVIN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
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.