Izu Isamu

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Isamu Izu is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Isamu Izu

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

29030954

Unit:

21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1951-07-08

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

Plot:

Court 6

Row:

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:

Isamu Izu was born on July 24, 1928, in Kaalawai, Honolulu County, Hawaii. He served in the Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, as a Corporal and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

Cpl Izu was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in Korea on July 12, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at An-Dong, North Korea, on July 8, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

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