Kailua Hawaii

Nishizuka, Reid K.
Air Force Captain

Reid K. Nishizuka, age 30, from Kailua, Hawaii.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 427th Reconnaissance Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, California.

Date of death: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Death details: Died near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan in the crash of an MC-12 aircraft. There was no enemy activity in the area. Killed were Capt. Brandon L. Cyr, Capt. Reid K. Nishizuka, Staff Sgt. Richard A. Dickson, Staff Sgt. Daniel N. Fannin.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Peacock, John Robert II
Marines Captain

John Robert II Peacock, age 26, from Kailua, Hawaii.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 1972

Death details: 

On October 12, 1972, an A-6A Intruder (bureau number 15-5700, call sign “Tiny 06”) with two crew members took off from Nam Phong Airfield, Thailand, on an armed reconnaissance mission against enemy targets in North Vietnam. Upon reaching the target area, the pilot reported to the forward air controller (FAC) that there were no targets available due to bad weather and that he was returning to base. Following this transmission, the FAC reported an explosion in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q  XE 600 450. Following the explosion, no rescue beepers or attempts at radio contact were heard. Other aircraft in the area were unable to locate the Intruder or its crew.

Captain John Robert Peacock II entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Hawaii and was a member of the Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 533, Marine Air Group 15, 1st Marine Air Wing. He was the pilot of this Intruder when it went missing, and he was lost with the aircraft. He remains unaccounted-for. Today, Captain Peacock is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Furtado, Walter Calasopa
Army Corporal

Walter Calasopa Furtado, age 27, from Kailua, Hawaii.

Parents: Anthony C. Furtado
Spouse: Elizabeth
Children: Geraldine June and Walter Jr.

Service era: Korea
Schools: McKinley High

Date of death: Wednesday, November 1, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Sergeant Walter Calasopa Furtado joined the U.S. Army from Hawaii and was a member of Company G of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 1, 1950, Company G came under an intense rocket and mortar attack near Unsan and was forced to withdraw. Sergeant Furtado, along with fellow members of the 2nd Battalion, drew back using the Yonghungdong-Unsan road and then came up against an enemy roadblock on the Samtan River road. Some elements of 2nd Battalion, including Sergeant Furtado, used a southwest route over Mount Obong to get clear of the enemy. Just before the unit waded across the Nammyon River, Sergeant Furtado became separated from his fellow soldiers and was not seen again. Sergeant Furtodo was never reported as a prisoner of war, and his remains were not identified among those returned to the U.S. following the war. Today, Sergeant Furtado 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 Star Bulletin (1950)

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