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WILLIAM NAKI III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 11, 1950 – January 15, 1971
Service recordWilliam Naki III, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 46
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Kaneohe, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 46
- WILLIAM ARTHUR MALENFANTSergeant · January 15, 1971
- CURTIS WAYNE MOORESpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
- DELBERT RAY PORTERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1971
- BRIAN PATRICK RUSSELLSergeant · January 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WILLIAM GAA JRSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 45
- CURTIS WAYNE MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 46
- DELBERT RAY PORTERPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 46
- BRIAN PATRICK RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 46
From Kaneohe
- WAYNE ALLEN ARAKAKIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- 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
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.