Drew M. Scobie, age 25, from Oahu, Hawaii.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery, Wahiawa, Hawaii Army National Guard, Oahu, Hawaii.
Date of death: Friday, January 10, 2014
Death details: Died at Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan of injuries sustained when the aircraft he was in crashed.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Guy Wicks Kinnison from O’ahu, Hawaii.
Spouse: Chizuko Kinnison
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)
Masaru Kumashiro, age 23, from Oahu, Hawaii.
Service era: Korea
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Saturday, September 8, 1951
Death details:
On September 7, 1951, members of the 3rd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, were positioned on Hill 682 and Hill 717, located south of Pyonggang, North Korea, in the “No Man’s Land” between the front lines of U.S. forces and the opposing Communist Chinese and North Koreans. After coming under heavy fire from Chinese and North Korean artillery, the 3rd Battalion was forced to fall back to Hill 717 to their west. Enemy action then pushed the 3rd Battalion to Hill 432, where the supporting batteries of the 64th Field Artillery were stationed. They were attacked again that night, but repulsed the enemy. On the morning of September 8, the 3rd Battalion launched a patrol to Hill 717 to search for the dead and missing, but enemy presence there stymied search efforts. During the patrol’s return to Hill 432, they encountered a small enemy force, and a firefight ensued until the enemy was dispersed. That night, Hill 432 came under yet another attack. Although the defensive perimeter was penetrated in several places, the enemy was ultimately repelled, and the perimeter re-established. After this fighting, the 3rd Battalion was relieved by the 2nd Battalion.
Corporal Masaru Kumashiro, who joined the U.S. Army from Hawaii, was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on September 8, 1951, during combat at Hill 432. No one reported seeing CPL Kumashiro fall in battle, and his name did not appear on any prisoner of war reports. He has not been associated with any remains returned to U.S. custody after the war, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Corporal Kumashiro is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency