Motoyama Shizuo

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Shizuo Motoyama is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Shizuo Motoyama

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

56003053

Unit:

2nd Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1950-12-02

State:

California

Cemetery:

Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA

Plot:

Japanese Upright Section

Row:

Grave:

Space 1

Decoration:

Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean War Service Medal

Comments:

Shizuo Motoyama was born on January 26, 1923, in Isleton, Sacramento County, California. He was the son of Tokuichi "Ben" Motoyama and Hiroko Imamura Motoyama. He entered the U.S. Army through the Selective Service system in 1948 and was serving as an interpreter for prisoners of war at the time of his wounding. He served in the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry Division, as a Private First Class during the Korean War.

PFC Motoyama was seriously wounded by the enemy while fighting in Korea on December 1, 1950, and died of those wounds the following day. He is now buried in the Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.koreanwar.org