Gold Star Veterans : Hawaii Medal of Honor

10 Total Results

★ indicates a related state match, for example, born in or lived in or attended school in Hawaii

	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
1	Vincent Robert Capodanno	HI	09-04-1967	Vietnam	Navy
2	George Fleming Davis	HI	01-06-1945	WW II	Navy
3	Mikio Hasemoto	HI	11-29-1943	WW II	Army
4	Edward Noboru Kaneshiro	HI	03-06-1967	Vietnam	Army
5	Robert Toshio Kuroda	HI	10-20-1944	WW II	Army
6	Leroy A Mendonca	HI	07-04-1951	Korea	Army
7	Elmelindo Rodrigues Smith	HI	02-16-1967	Vietnam	Army
8	★ Humbert Roque Versace	VA	09-26-1965	Vietnam	Army
9	Francis Brown Wai	HI	10-20-1944	WW II	Army
10	Rodney James Takashi Yano	HI	01-01-1969	Vietnam	Army

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