Uota Akira

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Akira Uota is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Akira Uota

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

56128619

Unit:

17th Infantry Regiment

Date of Death:

1953-07-08

State:

California

Cemetery:

Honolulu Memorial, 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:

Akira Uota was born on December 8, 1931, in Fresno, Fresno County, California. He served in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, as a Private First Class and Light Weapons Assault Crewman during the Korean War.

PFC Uota was listed as Missing in Action while conducting a counterattack at "Pork Chop Hill" in North Korea on July 8, 1953. He was presumed dead on July 9, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

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