Sasaki Takeshi

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Takeshi Sasaki is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Takeshi Sasaki

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

50000495

Unit:

7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1952-08-28

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

Plot:

Court 6

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Combat Infantryman Badge; Korean Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Purple Heart Medal; Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation; Republic of Korea War Service Medal; United Nations Service Medal

Comments:

Takeshi Sasaki was born on September 2, 1925, in Hawaii. He was the son of Noboru Sasaki and Tetsu Sasaki. He served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, as a Private First Class and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

PFC Sasaki was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on August 28, 1952. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. He also has a cenotaph in the Lihue Cemetery, Lihue, Kauai County, Hawaii, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, weremember.abmc.gov