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WAYNE ALLEN ARAKAKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1944 – June 29, 1964
Service recordWayne Allen Arakaki, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- May 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Kaneohe, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1964
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1964. In June 1964, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 56
- GERALD WAYNE DAVIDSONFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1964
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- FREDDY DEAN DODSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1964
From Kaneohe
- ELIAS MAULILI KAUHANESergeant First Class · August 25, 1966
- BERNARD PALENPA HOOPII JRStaff Sergeant · December 12, 1966
- MERRIL ANDREW MCKILLIPSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- ARISTON R TALAN JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- EDWARD SATORU YAMASHIROSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- FREDERICK JARRETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- HOY EARL CHUI MUN AUPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- JERRY KAOPUA BRIGHTERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- WILLIAM NAKI IIISpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
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.