Waipahu Hawaii

Viray, Don C.
Army Chief warrant officer

Don C. Viray, age 25, from Waipahu, Hawaii, Honolulu county.

Parents: Leo Viray

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Waipahu High and Roosevelt High (2002)

Date of death: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Death details: Died in Helmand Province, Afghanistan when his Black Hawk (UH-60) crashed. Killed were CWO Nicholas S. Johnson, CWO Don C. Viray, Sgt. Chris J. Workman, Sgt Dean R. Shaffer

Source: Department of Defense, HawaiiNewNow, Military Times

Hollister, Danny Robert
Air Force Staff sergeant

Danny Robert Hollister, age 24, from Waipahu, Hawaii.

Parents: Tony Hollister
Spouse: Rena (pregnant with couple’s second child)
Children: 9 month old

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Leone High graduate
Military history: 535th Airlift Squadron at Join Base Pearl Harbor

Date of death: Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Death details: Died at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu after he was airlifted from Thailand, where he was on a military mission. He had suffered a head injury March 9 after falling from a one story building.

Source: Samoa News, Facebook, Department of the Interior, Star Advertiser

Lacerna, Reno Sabado
Army Sergeant

Reno Sabado Lacerna, age 44, from Waipahu, Hawaii, Honolulu county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 226Th Quartermaster Company, 87Th Corps Support Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga

Date of death: Monday, December 31, 2007
Death details: Al Qayyarah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Fernandez, Kyle Ka Eo
Army Corporal

Kyle Ka Eo Fernandez, age 26, from Waipahu, Hawaii, Honolulu county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Co, 2D Bn, 5Th Infantry, 25Th Infantry Div, Schofield Barracks, Hi 96857

Date of death: Thursday, October 14, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Miam Do, Afghanistan

Cemetery: Hawaii State Veterans

Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com

Arriaga, Tony R.
Army Sergeant

Tony R. Arriaga, age 27, from Honolulu County Waipahu, Hawaii .

Parents: Reyes T. Arriaga
Spouse: Audrey
Children: Manuel F, Antonio R, Daphne Jean

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division

Date of death: Friday, May 6, 1966
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Honolulu Star Bulletin 91966)

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