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WILLIAM KAPENA ALAMEDA
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 19, 1944 – November 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam Kapena Alameda, of Waimanalo, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 70
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Waimanalo, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 70
- RONALD ALAN WOLTERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER ALONGI JRSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- THOMAS WYLIE BAYONETSergeant · November 1, 1968
- EDWIN ELLIS BLAGDONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PETER ALONGI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 70
- THOMAS WYLIE BAYONETSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 70
- THURL GUY CARTER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 71
- JAMES MICHAEL CIUPINSKISergeant · Panel 40W, Line 72
- CHARLES GREY COSTINSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 73
- RONNIE COURTNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 73
- JAMES EDDIE GRAVESSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 75
- WAYNE KEVIN LAINESpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 1
- JAMES EMMETT MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 1
- WENDELL D MCBURROWSSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 2
- MARVIN NORBERT PROPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 3
- LESTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 6
From Waimanalo
- ROBERT SOARES ANDRADEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1966
- RODNEY H MAUNAKEASpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
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.