Eugene Dante Makanani Kanakaole, age 19, from Maui, Hawaii.
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Maui High graduate
Military history: 87Th Engineer Company, 8Th Eng Bn, 36Th Eng Bde, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Death details: Suicide in Balad, Iraq
Cemetery: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave.com, Anderson Daily Herald in Indiana
James Wong from Maui, Hawaii.
Spouse: Dorothy Wong
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine
Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962)