A
Roland C. Ababon * born 7/25/1949; died 2/2/2001; buried Indiantown Gap (PA) National Cemetery; Army SP5
Robert Abregano
* born 12/27/1948 Waipahu Hawaii; died 4/10/2004 Kaiser Hosp; buried Nat Mem Cem of
the Pacific; employed @ Pearl Harbor Navy Public Work Center
Pepito Rivera
Aceret * born11/9/1942; died 12/7/1969 Quang
Nam S. Vietnam of vehicle crash/crash Army Sp5 156th GS Co 80th GS Group
Benjamin
Acierto born 3/23/1937 Waimea Kauaai; died Wahiawa
Gen Hospital; buried Hawaii State Veterans
Cemetery; Army SP4
Ben V. Acohido * Army postwar: retired Col; historian, community activist & advocate Lifetime Service Award Lapulapu; Wahiawa Neighborhood Board
German Portacio Acosta *** 5/27/1922-6/25/1965
Navy SD1 KIA, S.Vietnam
Joe Quezon
Adawag * born 11/17/1939 Philippines; died 9/22/1998 Kaiser
Hospital; buried Schofield Barracks Post Cemetery Navy PO1; postwar:
Navy’s retired mess specialist
Restituto Poblete Adenir *** 9/2/1939-10/29/1965
Navy SD3 KIA S.Vietnam
Rosendo
Renolo Agag born 10/30/1947 San Narciso Zambales; died 6/22/2003 Queen’s Medical
Center Hawaii; buried Hawaiian State Veteran’s Cemetery; post war: retired Hawaii Nat Guard Sgt
Eugenio
Vicente Agana born 11/15/1926; died 3/17/1999; buried Willamette Nat Cemetery Portland
Oregon; MSgt Air Force; also Korean War Vet
William
Aganos * born 11/1/1943; died 6/12/2006; buried Maui Hawaii Veterans
Cemetery; SP4 Army
Jack Edward
Agapay ** born 9/6/1945; died 4/30/2003; buried Riverside Nat. Cemetery Army Pfc
Felipe Tunae
Agbayani
Florentino
Ramos Agcaoili * born 8/30/1939 Philippines;
died 12/31/2000; buried Hawaii State
Veterans Cemetery retired Navy
Petty Officer 1st Class
Marshall
Rodriguez Agcaoili born 1/31/1938; died 12/26/2000; buried Quantico Virginia Nat Cemetery
Army SP5
Conrad R.
Agcolicol born 2/19/1936; died 6/8/2005; buried Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery;
Army SgtM
Virgilio
“Leo” Agcolicol born Philippines;
Pres. United Filipino Council of Hawaii 1982-84; Outstanding Filipinos of Maui Hawaii 1906-2006; also a banker, civic leader
& radio personality
Mario Corpuz
Agliam born 1/19/1947; died 3/9/2003; buried Brgy Rotrotooc Cemetery Mayantoc Tarlac
Philippines Navy MSC
Manolo Briones Agnes *** 1/18/1948-7/4/1971
Navy EM3 Non-Hos. died-Other
S.Vietnam
Rodrigo Obado Agor
born 11/20/1926 Kekaha Kauai; died 9/20/2004; buried Hawaii
State Veterans Cemetery;
Army Sfc, also Korean War & WW11
veteran
Robert Andrada
Agsalda * born 8/13/1949 Vintar Ilocos Norte Philippines;
died 12/16/2004 Queens Med
Center; also Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard electrical engineer & control
desk manager
Herbert Joseph Aguigui born 11/21/1928; died 1/30/1987; buried Nat Mem Cemetery
of the Pacific; SSgt Army, also a Korean War Veteran
Adriano
Caldito Aguinaldo ** born 5/17/1927 Philippines;
died 9/6/1997; buried Glen Abbey Memorial Park Bonita Ca; Navy SHC, also Korean &
WW11 veteran
Patriamor
(Amor) Agullana Army Sp4
John Edward
Akino, Jr born 12/6/1939; died 10/4/1965; buried Golden Gate National Cemetery;
USMC Cpl
Gregory
Paterno Alabado born 9/23/1934 Philippines; died 7/22/2009 Chula Vista; CWO USN post war: retired from the Navy; Filvets
activist, journalist retired Public Transit Admin of Chula Vista, served as an officer @
the Council of Philippine American Organization of S. Diego County (COPAO
Mario
Abinsay Albalos* 10/30/19500 Vigan I. Sur Phil-3/3/1991 Honolulu, Hawaii; Navy Skc buried Nat.
Mem Cemetery of the Pacific also an Ilocano writer, a recipient Hawaii Thomas Jefferson 1981 award; Pres. Oahu Fil Community
Council
Guillermo Alejo *
Alfred “Opu”
Alfonso * died 9/11/2006 also Korean War
& WW11 (2nd Filipino Inf Regt & Alamo
Scouts)
Albert Feliciano
“Sonny” Alfonso* 8/5/1925 Honolulu-1/15/2006 Waipahu buried Nat. Mem. Cemetery
of the Pacific, Army, Col. also WW11 & Korea
Ricardo Alip * 4/20/1928-10/21/1984
buried Nat. Mem. Cemetery of the Pacific, Army Sgt 1st Class, also a Korean veteran
Lester Warren
Alipio * born 11/27/1949; died
2/18/1971 of stroke in S. Vietnam; Army, Sgt.
Pabie Paco
Amasol # born 6/27/1946 Philippines;
died 3/12/1999 St Francis-West Hospital; buried Hawaii State
Veterans Cemetery; Army SP4 post-war: employed
@ Pearl Harbor; resident of Makakilo Hawaii
Jose Bolosan Amodo * born 11/6/1939
Ilocos N. Phil; died 10/14/2003 Kaneohe; buried Hawaiian State
Vet. Cem. Air Force AIC
Wilfredo Balagot Andrada * born
5/20/1941; died 9/21/1969; Army Sgt, KIA Quang NgaiS. Vietnam
Francisco “Frank” Ariola,
Jr. * 6/8/1931 (Kahua Lahaina Mui HI) - 1/26/2004
(Las Vegas) Army Staff
Sgt also a Korean War Veteran & a professional musician
Frederico Arnado * born 7/14/1938;
died 3/7/1967 South Vietnam Casualty; USMC SSgt
Elpidio Allen Arquero born 5/14/1939;
died 5/7/1967 South Vietnam Casualty; USMC SSgt B Co BLT 1/3
Rudy Asercion
B
Edwin “Eddy” Bactad born
4/11/1943 Waimea; died 8/6/2006 Queen’s Medical Center; buried Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery; Army Sgt; post-war NAVMAG
major of operations & former city police officer
Vincent Badayos born 9/7/1944 Waipahu; died 2/16/2000 Honolulu; buried Hawaii State Veterans
Cemetery; Army Sgt; post war: Wesco electrical parts salesman
Candido “Pop” Badua
*** born 6/12/1924 Philippines CIVILIAN POW (employer Voice of America) 1/31/1968 Hue South Vietnam, released 1/29/1973 Hanoi Hilton w/ fellow POW- Arturo Balagot; postwar: immigrated
to U.S. 1973 died 9/23/1923 Straub Hospital Hawaii r/t near drowning accident 9/22/1923 @ Kuhio Beach
Alejandro Birri Bagaso *** 2/26/1929-9/29/1968
Army Spc KIA S. Vietnam
Arturo Mendoza Balagot *** born
3/25/1925 Philippines CIVILIAN POW 2/1/1968-3/5/1973 released w/ Candido Badua
Pacifico Lorenzo Baligad born 1/23/1941;
died 3/4/1973; buried National Memorial
Cemetery of the Pacific; Army Sp5
Oseas Lipata Baloyot born 12/1/1921
Makaweli Kauai; died 2/21/2007; buried National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Sfc (Ret) Army; also WW11 veteran Pfc Army; post-war: retired heavy equipment operator
Amado
I. Baluyot born 9/7/1944; died 4/26/1998; buried Glen Abbey (Bonita Ca) Memorial Park;
Navy
Floyd E. Baluyot born 11/7/1922;
died 10/18/2002; buried Orion Bataan
Catholic Cemetery; Navy SD1,
also Korean War & WW11 Veteran
Leonardo Tantiangco Baluyot born
4/11/1951 Philippines; died 9/30/1997; buried Fairmont (Fairfield Ca) Memorial Park Navy DTCS
Wilson Docuyanan Baluyot born 1/9/1926;
died 8/20/2001; buried Ft. Richardson (Alaska) National Cemetery; Navy MM3; alsoWW11
& Korean War veteran
Capt Gregory Bambo, Jr.
Fred M. “Bobo” Barbosa * born5/10/1933 Philippines;
died 1/25/1997 Waianae 1st Sgt Army; also Korean veteran
Bobby John Barcena * born 7/10/1947; died 2/27/1967 Casualty Quang Nam
South Vietnam; Army Sp4c; Hakalau Hawaii;
“Race: Malayan”
Avelino Nicolas Bareng born 11/10/1935; died 2/7/2008; buried Hawaii
Veterans Cemetery; Army SP4
Domingo Bareng * born 8/4/1943
Dingras, Ilocos Norte; died 8/4/2004 California; buried Valley Isle Mem Park Haiku, Hawaii; Army post-war resident Agoura
Hills Ca; collection agent
Teotimo Gabalio Batis born 12/18
1913 Cebu Philippines; died 7/12/2002; buried Kauai Veterans Cemetery;
Army SSgt, civilian: Kekaha Sugar Plantation tractor mechanic, also a Korean War
Veteran
Rogelio Alibuyog Bayangos born
10/22/1935; died 7/18/2005; buried Private Family Cemetery Bustos Bulacan Philippines;
Navy
Benedicto Piosalan Bayron * born
6/3/1934; died 11/6/1965 Casualty; body recovered; South Vietnam Troop C 9th Cav 1st Sqd Warrant Officer;
helicopter pilot; crashed
Arthur A. Bibilone, Jr.* born 2/8/1944;
died 6/20/1974 buried Nat. Mem. Cemetery of the Pacific, Army, SSgt
Ryan Richard Bibilone * born 1954
Honolulu; died 6/18/2004 buried Mililani
Mem Park; Air Force
Daryl Benedict Bicoy * born 3/13/1948
Honolulu; died 6/20/2002 Queen’s Medical Center; buried National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific; Army Sgt; post-war;
employed @ Maui Community College
Tommy Bicoy born 4/5/1926 Ahukini
Kauai; died 6/4/2004 St Francis West Hospice; buried Schofield Post Cemetery; also WW11
& Korean War veteran; retired Air Force SMSgt; civilian: retired from post
office
Samson Bihag born 8/6/1930; died
10//1//1973; buried National Memorial
Cemetery of the Pacific; Army SP5, also Korean War veteran
Balbino E. Billamor Jr. * born
6/20/1932; died 9/30/1979; buried National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific; Army SGM; also Korean war veteran
Larry Kilito Bilonta * born 8/3/1939;
died while MIA BR 12/16/1967 South Vietnam;
Casualty; buried National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Cpl Army
Jose Gotera Birco *** born 5/31/1936;
died 1/11/1966 Army SSgt KIA S.Vietnam
Federico Bolosan born 9/23/1936
Lihue; died 2/25/2008 Ewa Beach; buried
Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery; Sfc Army, also Korean
War veteran
Lawrence Bolosan retired w/ three
tours in Vietnam; father of Chris,
Junior Team USA Bowling champion, 2006
Domingo “Doming” Raymundo
Sadava Borja ** born 2/1/1931 Brgy Tacdangan Cabatuan, Iloilo; Philippines; died 2/21/1967 near S. Vietnam & Laos
(eastern) border KIA/MIA/BNR, while assisting a wounded team member, Sfc, HHC,
C & C Det 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces Recon Team Vietnam War Awards: Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Service
Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge
also a N. Korean POW (escaped)).
Korean War Awards: Korean War Service Medal, Republic of Korea War Service Medal, UN Korean
Service Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge
Notes:“Doming witnessed the death of his parents in the hands of the
(WW11) Japanese Occupation Army ” Source: 7/3/2007 e-mail of Sfc, Ret. Fredrick H. Gray to Maria Elizabeth Embry. Sgt
1st Class Borja was the godfather of Fredrick Gray’s oldest son. Cpt Arthur Green, the other godfather also
died in Vietnam
Additional Notes by M. E. Embry: 5/25/2008 e-mail rec. from Cpl Shoji T. Sadava
(grdson of Sfc Domingo Borja) of Brgy Ayong Cabatuan Iloilo of the Philippines Army frontliner_30@yahoomail.com.ph
Henry Carasi Bringas born 1/24/1942
Ilocos Sur Philippines; died 10/8/2006;
buried Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery SP5 Army; civilian: retired Hawaiian Airlines mechanic
Romeo Bunag * born 4/17/1922;
died 12/21/1987; buried National Memorial
Cemetery of the Pacific; Navy SD2, also Korean War & WW11
Veteran
Ray Legaspi Burdeos born in
Butuan Agusan, Philippines; Coast Guard (1955-1976) Awards: Coast Guard Achievement Medal, Commandant Letter of Commendation,
National Defense Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Expert Rifle Medal and Expert Pistol Medal. post-war: BSc health care services
major in health care administration University of Texas; author of books: "Flips in Philadelphia" and "The Steward and
the Captain's Daughter" (autobiographical) and Filipinos in the U.S. Navy & Coast Guard During the Vietnam War"
Juanito Buza * born 1928 Santa
Ilocos Sur; Hawaii National Guard sent to Vietnam 1968; pre-war immigrated to Hawaii 1946 via SS Maunawili; employed Lanai
Dole Pineapple Co. for one yr then @ Kekeha Sugar Co. for 44 yrs
C
Albert Cabanayan born 2/7/1945;
died 3/5/1966 USMC Cpl KIA S. Vietnam; Maui,
Hawaii resident
Patrick Francis Cabacungan born
9/8/1950; died 10/18/1980; buried National Memorial
Cemetery of the Pacific Navy DP1
Albert Cabanayan born 2/7/1945
Kahului Hawaii; died 3/5/1966 South Vietnam
KIA; buried Maui
County Veterans Cemetery;
Cpl USMC; Cabanayan St. in Kailus named in his honor
William A. Cabasag * born 7/2/1923;
died 5/30/1994; buried Hawaii State
Veterans Cemetery; SSgt Army
also, Korea & WW11 Veteran
Ronaldo Antopino Cabinte born 8/4/1949
Honolulu; died 6/26/1998 Chino (California)
Valley Hospital; buried Hawaii State Veterans
Cemetery; Navy SN
Inocencio Cablayan, Jr ** born 7/22/1947; died 11/5/2000; buried Santa Maria Cemetery Dist; Air Force Sgt
Frederico “Bucky” Cabreros
born 2/4/1932 Kahuku Hawaii; died 3/27/1999 Queen’s Hospital; buried Schofield Post Cemetery; Army Sfc (Ret) post-war
U.S. Postal Service
Rolly Millo Cacal born 8/4/1945;
died 8/6/2000; buried Paniqui (Tarlac) Memorial Park Philippines;
Navy BUSM
Benjamin Cuengco Mariano born 3/13/1931 Philippines;
died 6/14/1999; buried Virgen delos Remedios Cemetery Santa Rita Pampanga Navy PN1, also KoreanWar veteran
Benjamin Mariano, Sr born 6/18/1920;
died 12/10/2000; buried Crownsville (Md) Veterans Cemetery; Sfc (Ret) Army, also WW11 (Death March,
POW) & Korean War veteran;
Gerald Caday Mariano born 11/3/1939;
died 12/24/2002; buried Colonial Grove (Virginia Beach Va) Memorial Park; Navy PO1
Victoroso Abugan “Vic”
Calizo * born 11/22/1928 Aiea; died 9/11/2003; buried Schofield Barracks Post
Cemetery; also Korean War
veteran; electrician for Schofield Barracks
Simeon Allen “Sam” Callejo
* Army Corps of Engr Vietnam construction
projects; Civilian: B.S. Civil Engr; Chief of Staff Hawaii Gov Cayetano; VP for
Adm. University of Hawaii
Sebastian Piadoche Canlas *** 1/20/1928-2/11/1966
Army PSgt KIA S.Vietnam
Bonnie Patalinghung Casas *** 7/11/1929-1/27/1966
Army SSgt KIA S.Vietnam
Eddy S. Castillo * born
6/17/1925 Samar Philippines; died 12/12/1996 Castle
Hospital; buried Hawaii State
Veterans Cemetery; Platoon Sgt Army also,
Korean War & WW11 veteran; post-war: deputy marshall
U.S. Depatment of Justice
Manolito Wisco Castillo *** 10/11/1938-3/30/1965
Navy SK2 KIA S.Vietnam
Edilberto Mejia Cayabyab born
2/25/1922; died 1/16/2003; buried Eternal Gardens Dagupan Pangasinan Philippines
also Korean & WW11veteran; Navy
Henry R. Crisostomo born 7/15/1941;
died 7/8/2005; buried Himlayang Cavitenio Cemetery Cavite city Navy TA
Serafin Salazar Crisostomo born
1/21/1924 Corregidor Philippines; died 4/8/1998; buried Tacoma
(Wash) Cemetery; Army CW3 also in Korean War & Okinawa,
WW11veteran (Battery E 91st Coast Artillery {PS} Death March POW Capas)
Gene R. Cuizon born 9/2/1947;
died 11/5/1996 Omao Kauai; buried Kauai Veterans
Cemetery; Sgt Air Force; post-war: retired police officer; Wilcox Elementary School teacher
Modesto Cunanan born 6/25/1930
Philippines; died 6/2/2005 Philippines;
Navy Fleet Marines, retired Petty Officer; father of Andrew Phillip Cunanan (1969-1997 Re: Gianni Versace)
D
Francisco Dela Cruz Dacanay ***
7/24/1926-1/13/1967 Army Sgt KIA S.Vietnam
Theodore Daligdig, 3rd
* suffered combat wounds; father was WW11 veteran; post-war: Col (Ret); State of Hawaii Director of Education & Health Programs, Hawaii National Guard
Terry Daligdig * Staff Sgt Award:
Purple Hearts (5) father was WW11 veteran; son served in Iraq
War
Vicente Royeca Daligdig born 7/24/1924
Philippines; died 9/2/2004; buried Ft.
Rosecrans National Cemetery; Navy DM1; post-war retired draftsman Navy engineer, also Korean
War veteran
Rolando Cuevas Dayao *** 6/29/1935-10/2/1969
Navy PN1 Non-Hos. died-
Other
BNR aircraft loss in
N. Vietnam/Over Water; duty station: USS Walker
Juan Pedro Dela Cruz born 4/12/1943
Philippines; died 12/11/1998; buried Floral Gardens Laoag Ilocos Norte Philippines
Navy
Bienvenido Geniza Dona *** 6/12/1927-3/23/1966
Navy HM3 KIA S.Vietnam
Alfredo N. Dumlao
Vicente Fadera Dumlao born 7/19/1920; died 1/18/2007; buried Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery; SDC
Navy, also WW11 & Vietnam war veteran
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George Valdez Embry born in 1927; died 10/19/1989 Quezon City Philippines; Army combat medic for 3 yrs in Korea;
also in the Vietnam War Navy Ret Senior Chief personnelman
Joseph Valdez Embry born in
1929 Ret US Army
