Hiroshi Oku is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Hiroshi Oku
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
50000712
Unit:
9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division
Date of Death:
1951-10-09
State:
Hawaii
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Section Q
Row:
Grave:
Site 1526
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Hiroshi Oku was born on January 7, 1927. He was the son of Risuke Oku and Shimi Oku. He served in the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, as a Private First Class and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.
PFC Oku was Killed in Action on October 9, 1951, in North 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