Goya Masao

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Masao Goya is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Masao Goya

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

10104210

Unit:

19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1951-03-08

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

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

Plot:

Section Q

Row:

Grave:

Site 1396

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Masao Goya was born on May 13, 1930, in Hakalau, Hawaii County, Hawaii. He was the son of Jiro Goya and Kama Goya. He served in Company B, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, as a Corporal and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

Cpl Goya was Killed in Action on March 8, 1951, in South Korea. He is now buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

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