Jeungjin Kim, age 23, from Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Btry, 2D Bn, 17Th Fa, 2D Infantry Division, Apo Ap 96224 (Camp Hovey)
Date of death: Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Leonard Gideon Maquiling, age 23, from Honolulu County Honolulu, Hawaii .
Parents: Pedro E. Maquiling and Mary A. Maquiling
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, October 26, 1971
Death details: Died over the South China Sea while on a helicopter supply mission.
Cemetery: Punchbowl
Source: National Archives, Honolulu Star Bulletin (1971)
Samuel Eugene Dick, age 20, from Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Roosevelt High (1968)
Military history: 1st Aviation Brigade, 162nd Aviation Company
Date of death: Thursday, December 24, 1970
Death details: Died in Vietnam
Cemetery: National Memorial of the Pacific
Source: National Archives, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Associated Press (1970)
Franklin Randolph Akana, age 21, from Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu county.
Parents: Ann Akana
Spouse: Doris E
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 20, 1970
Death details: Killed when the air pressure created by the tail rotor of a helicopter detonated a booby trap.
Source: National Archives, Honolulu Star Bulletin
Mark Evan Hambleton, age 23, from Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, September 19, 1970
Death details: Killled in Vietnam
Cemetery: Punchbowl
Source: National Archives, Honolulu Star Bulletin (1970)
Stephen Kealoha Ramos, age 19, from Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu county.
Parents: Stevens R. Ramos
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, June 30, 1970
Death details: Non-hostiles
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Glenn Hung Nin Lee, age 24, from Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, May 27, 1970
Source: National Archives
Patrick Hop Sung Hu, age 20, from Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu county.
Parents: Lawrence Wo Chung Hu
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Roosevelt High (1967)
Date of death: Monday, January 5, 1970
Death details: Drowned in Vietnam when an armored personnel carrier on which he was a crewman ran off a bridge and overturned in a river.
Cemetery: National Memorial of the Pacific
Source: National Archives, Honolulu Star Bulle
Vincent Robert Capodanno, age 38, from Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Navy Chaplain; On May 21, 2006, thirty-nine years after his death on the battlefield of Vietnam, Capodanno was publicly declared Servant of God, the first step towards canonization; Congressional Medal of Honor: In response to reports that the 2d Platoon of M Company was in danger of being overrun by a massed enemy assaulting force, Lt. Capodanno left the relative safety of the company command post and ran through an open area raked with fire, directly to the beleaguered platoon. Disregarding the intense enemy small-arms, automatic-weapons, and mortar fire, he moved about the battlefield administering last rites to the dying and giving medical aid to the wounded… Upon encountering a wounded corpsman in the direct line of fire of an enemy machine gunner positioned approximately 15 yards away, Lt. Capodanno rushed a daring attempt to aid and assist the mortally wounded corpsman. At that instant, only inches from his goal, he was struck down by a burst of machine gun fire.”
Date of death: Monday, September 4, 1967
Death details: Died in Operation Swift in the Thang Binh District of the Que Son Valley.
Source: National Archives, Pilot Catholic News, Archdiocese of Baltimore
Samuel Sadao Miyahira, age 19, from Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu county.
Parents: Norma Higa
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Monday, April 23, 1951
Death details: On April 22, 1951, elements of the 24th Infantry Division along with the 5th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) were dug into positions near Seoul, South Korea, where the Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) had regrouped and begun a large-scale effort to penetrate the valley areas east of Seoul. Just prior to the main CCF offensive, the 5th RCT was executing part of a blocking action known as Operation Dauntless, in which its 1st and 2nd Battalions launched an attack against CCF forces in the Chorwon Valley to the north. They pushed the enemy out of the area and set up defensive positions, but the CCF soon regrouped and returned with a massive counterattack. While this assault was repelled, heavy pressure over the next eight days forced the 24th Infantry Division, along with the 5th RCT, to gradually fall back to stronger positions. The U.S. units suffered heavy casualties over the course of the fighting and withdrawal. Sergeant Samuel Sadao Miyahira, who joined the U.S. Army from Hawaii, served with H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on April 23 and was forced to march towards the Suan Mining Camp in North Korea; however, he fell out of line en route sometime in early July and died of exhaustion and pneumonia by the side of the road. His burial location is unknown, and his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Sergeant Miyahira is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Honolulu Advertiser (1952)