Murata Yukio

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Yukio Murata is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Yukio Murata

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

50002223

Unit:

40th Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1952-12-23

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

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

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Yukio Murata was born on August 23, 1929. He served in the 223rd Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division, as a Private First Class and Light Weapons Assault Crewman during the Korean War.

PFC Murata was seriously wounded in action by enemy missile fire in North Korea and died of his wounds on December 23, 1952. 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