Watanabe Richard Mitsuo

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Richard Mitsuo Watanabe is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Richard Mitsuo Watanabe

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

10103356

Unit:

21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1950-07-10

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

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

Plot:

Section P

Row:

Grave:

Site 224

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Richard Mitsuo Watanabe was born on February 7, 1929. He was the son of Albert S. Watanabe and Saeko Iwasaki. He served in the 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, as a Private First Class and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

PFC Watanabe was Killed in Action on July 10, 1950, near Chochiwon, 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