Tamaru Charles Yuji

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Charles Yuji Tamaru is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Charles Yuji Tamaru

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

10102109

Unit:

19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1950-11-04

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

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

Plot:

Section R

Row:

Grave:

Site 126

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Charles Yuji Tamaru was born on January 14, 1928, in Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. He was the son of Sanichi Yamanishi Tamaru and Tami Kushiro Tamaru. He served in the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, as a Sergeant and Infantry Intelligence and Reconnaissance Chief during the Korean War.

Sgt Tamaru was Killed in Action on November 4, 1950, 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