Otaguro Thomas Nobuto

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Thomas Nobuto Otaguro is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Thomas Nobuto Otaguro

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

29044832

Unit:

5th Infantry Regiment

Date of Death:

1950-08-13

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

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

Plot:

Section P

Row:

Grave:

Site 226

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Thomas Nobuto Otaguro was born on September 18, 1928, in Puunene, Maui County, Hawaii. He was the son of Kimie Otaguro and Kiyoto Otaguro. He served in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team, as a Corporal and Clerk General during the Korean War.

Cpl Otaguro was Killed in Action on August 13, 1950, at the Pusan Perimeter near Pongam-ni, 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