Richard Yasuyuki Kono is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Richard Yasuyuki Kono
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
1217149
Unit:
1st Marines
Date of Death:
1952-08-12
State:
Hawaii
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Q
Row:
Grave:
1534
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Richard Yasuyuki Kono was born on April 2, 1932. He was the son of Kiyoshi Kono and Ruth Hatsue Somekawa Kono. He served in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, as a Corporal during the Korean War.
Cpl Kono was Killed in Action on August 12, 1952, in 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