SSGT EDWARD NOBORU KANESHIRO
Age
38 - From Honolulu, Hawaii
Killed in action March 6, 1967 - Binh Dinh, South Viet Nam
EXCERPT FROM "FORT DETRICK STANDARD"
(http://www.dcmilitary.com/army/standard/archives/may14/fd_d51498.html)
New
barracks dedication set for Monday
Buildings to be named in honor of former soldiers
By Norman Covert
Post Historian
FORT DETRICK - Fort Detrick's new Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel Housing (UEPH) complex will be officially opened in ceremonies at 10 a.m. Monday, May 18. The public is invited to attend the ceremony at the central community building located along Porter Street.
The complex includes five three-story barracks with 48 living/sleeping modules of 200 square feet each, and a community center. Construction started in January 1997 by C.C.I. Incorporated from Mechanicsburg, Pa.
During the ceremony, each building will be dedicated in honor of former soldiers who were selected by a group of senior enlisted and approved by Brig. Gen. Russ Zajtchuk and the Medal of Honor Society...
The list includes:
* Staff Sergeant Edward Noboru Kaneshiro, native of Honolulu, Hawaii, a former military policeman, he was serving as a combat infantryman when he was killed inaction as a result of a enemy small arms fire in Binh Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam, March 6, 1967. His death occurred while he was missing in action. He was nominated by the Fort Detrick Security Force...
Buildings to be named in honor of former soldiers
By Norman Covert
Post Historian
FORT DETRICK - Fort Detrick's new Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel Housing (UEPH) complex will be officially opened in ceremonies at 10 a.m. Monday, May 18. The public is invited to attend the ceremony at the central community building located along Porter Street.
The complex includes five three-story barracks with 48 living/sleeping modules of 200 square feet each, and a community center. Construction started in January 1997 by C.C.I. Incorporated from Mechanicsburg, Pa.
During the ceremony, each building will be dedicated in honor of former soldiers who were selected by a group of senior enlisted and approved by Brig. Gen. Russ Zajtchuk and the Medal of Honor Society...
The list includes:
* Staff Sergeant Edward Noboru Kaneshiro, native of Honolulu, Hawaii, a former military policeman, he was serving as a combat infantryman when he was killed inaction as a result of a enemy small arms fire in Binh Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam, March 6, 1967. His death occurred while he was missing in action. He was nominated by the Fort Detrick Security Force...
SSGT KANESHIRO IS LISTED AMONG 148 SOLDIERS AT "FIRST CAVALRY DIVISIN DISTINGUISED SERVICE CROSS RECIPIENTS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR"
(http://www.1stcavmedic.com/DSC-CAV.htm)
EXCERPT FROM: "Battle of Phu Huu 2 information for C/1/9; CAV B/5/7 CAV; 2/20 ARA 1 CAV; From date 661201 to 661203"
(http://www.flyarmy.org/panel/battle/66120101.HTM)
...The C/1/9th
Cav Blues had spent the night in an ambush position in the Kim Son
Valley the night before this battle that would see two different
American platoons try to search and clear the fortified village which
held three companies from the 18th NVA Regiment. At the beginning of
the battle, POWs would latter say their battalion mustered 197 men. Two
1st Cav soldiers received the Medal of Honor in this battle. At 0700H
the Blues started moving the final 1K to Phu Huu 2. The platoon started
receiving fire as one of its squads moved into the village. SSG
Kaneshiro won the Medal of Honor for single handedly clearing several
enemy soldiers from a camouflaged trench and bunker system...
INFORMATION FROM VIETNAM
VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND (www.vvmf.org)
EDWARD NOBORU KANESHIRO
is honored on Panel 16E, Row 28 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Full Name: EDWARD NOBORU KANESHIRO
Wall Name: EDWARD N KANESHIRO
Date of Birth: 7/22/1928
Date of Casualty: 3/6/1967
Home of Record: HONOLULU
State: HI
Branch of Service: ARMY
Rank: SSGT
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
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