Tamashiro Kaname Richard

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Kaname Richard Tamashiro is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Kaname Richard Tamashiro

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

50003497

Unit:

180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Division

Date of Death:

1952-06-14

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

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

Plot:

Court 8

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:

Kaname Richard Tamashiro was born on May 18, 1930, in Maui County, Hawaii. He was the son of Yasunori and Kama Tamashiro. He served in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, as a Private and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

Pvt Tamashiro Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on June 14, 1952. 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 Maui Veterans Cemetery, Makawao, Maui County, Hawaii, USA.

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