Hirakawa Edward Kenichi

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Edward Kenichi Hirakawa is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Edward Kenichi Hirakawa

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

10103183

Unit:

34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1950-07-20

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

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

Plot:

Section Q

Row:

Grave:

Site 1341

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Edward Kenichi Hirakawa was born on April 17, 1927, in Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. He was the son of Sadao and Tokie Uchimura Hirakawa. He served in the 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, as a Private and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

Pvt Hirakawa was Killed in Action on July 20, 1950, near Taejon, South Korea. 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