Fujimoto Junichi

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Junichi Fujimoto is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Junichi Fujimoto

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

30125832

Unit:

5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division

Date of Death:

1951-07-15

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

Plot:

Section Court 12

Row:

Wall S

Grave:

Decoration:

Combat Infantryman Badge; Korean Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Prisoner of War Medal; Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation; Republic of Korea War Service Medal; United Nations Service Medal

Comments:

Junichi Fujimoto was born on November 15, 1927, in Waialua, Honolulu County, Hawaii. He was the son of Toranosuke Fujimoto and Kikuyo Segawa Fujimoto. He served in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, as a Private First Class and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

PFC Fujimoto was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Chip'yong-ni, South Korea on February 15, 1951 and died while a prisoner on July 15, 1951. His remains were recovered on July 16, 1993 and identified on August 30, 2010. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. He is now buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.koreanwar.org, weremember.abmc.gov