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Shigehusa Kanda

From Hawaii in the World War by Ralph Kuykendall Shigehusa Kanda of Maui earned the distinction of having been the only Japanese Red Cross worker to reach France from the United States, and in addition was the only foreigner connected as a bona fide worker with the American Red Cross units there. A native-born Japanese, and […]

Robert Kaaua

Robert Kaaua Private, Army Date and place of death not known at this time Other Information: Listed on the plaque outside the War Memorial Natatorium for giving his life in the Great War.

Duke Kahanamoku

Duke Kahanamoku

John Kana

John Kana Was a cook in the U.S. Navy.  He died on January 15, 1920 in Hull, England. John Kana is honored on the plaque outside the War Memorial Natatorium for giving his life in service of his country.

Edward K. Kuaimoku

Edward K. Kuaimoku Private, Army Born on: Died on 7/16/1918 at Schofield Barracks, Hawai‘i Cause of Death: Other Information: Listed on the plaque outside the War Memorial Natatorium for giving his life in the Great War.  

Charles Kino

Charles Kino Private, Army Born on: Died on 9/18/1918 in Honolulu, Hawai‘i Cause of Death: Other Information: Listed on the plaque outside the War Memorial Natatorium for giving his life in the Great War.

John Kana

John Kana Cook, Navy Born on: Died on 1/15/1920 in Hull, England Cause of Death: Other Information: Listed on the plaque outside the War Memorial Natatorium for giving his life in the Great War.

Charles Kalaeloa

Charles Kalaeloa Private, Army Born on: Died on 7/11/1918 in Honolulu, Hawai‘i Cause of Death: Other Information: Listed on the plaque outside the War Memorial Natatorium for giving his life in the Great War.

Paulo Kaiewe

Paulo Kaiewe Unknown Rank, Army Paulo Kaiewe, from Hana, Maui, was born in 1886 to Holani and Henele Kaiewe. He had a brother, Kahaelio, and a sister Luisa Kaiewe Umarner. Paulo was a mail carrier prior to the war. Born in: 1886 in Hana, Maui, Hawaii Date and place of death not known at this time Cause of […]

Edward N. Kahokuoluna

Edward N. Kahokuoluna Private, Army Born on: Died on 7/19/1918 in Honolulu Hawai‘i Cause of Death: Other Information: Listed on the plaque outside the War Memorial Natatorium for giving his life in the Great War.

Kuulei John Kaea

Kuulei John Kaea  Private, Army Born on: Died on 3/16/1919 in Honolulu, Hawai‘i Cause of Death: Other Information: Listed on the plaque outside the War Memorial Natatorium for giving his life in the Great War.

Ralph J. Kauhane

Ralph J. Kauhane Yeoman, Navy Died on 3/4/1919 at Pearl Harbor Hawai‘i Cause of Death: Other Information: Listed on the plaque outside the War Memorial Natatorium for giving his life in the Great War. From Lahaina Served on board the  U.S.S. Monterey

Sergeant Apau En Pau Kau and Sergeant George Bung Quon Tom

Sergeant Apau En Pau Kau (Gao Enbao ) and Sergeant George Bung Quon Tom (Tan Bingan) were two “doughboys” from Hawaii of Chinese descent. Kau joined the army on April 6, 1917, and died on the front lines in Argonne, France, six days before the war ended on November 11, 1918—Armistice Day, now Veteran’s Day. Tom was with the […]

Sam Kainoa

  Sam Kainoa was born August 9, 1891 on Maui and worked for the City and County of Honolulu when he enlisted in the U.S. Army.  He died on July 14, 1918.

Herman Kaaukea

Herman Kaaukea was twenty-two years old when he enlisted inthe U.S. Navy on August 19, 1916 and became a musician second class on the USS Navajo.  He died of Tuberculosis at Naval Station, Pearl Harbor on September 2, 1918 leaving behind his wife, Lily.