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WILLIAM ANTONE KEKAHUNA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1938 – May 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam Antone Kekahuna, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 10
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Shore Fire Control Party Man (0849)
- Born
- December 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 10
- MICHAEL ROBERT KALESpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- LARRY LEE KELLYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- WILLIAM B KIMBALL JRSecond Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- EUGENE H KIRKLANDCorporal · May 6, 1968
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.