Yamakawa Timothy Shito

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Timothy Shito Yamakawa is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Timothy Shito Yamakawa

Rank:

Airman 2nd Class

Serial Number:

AF19429618

Unit:

37th Bomber Squadron, 17th Bomber Group

Date of Death:

1952-10-29

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

Plot:

Court 8

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal; 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:

Timothy Shito Yamakawa was born on December 1, 1933, in Hawaii. He served as an Airman Second Class and a crew member of a B-26B Invader bomber with the 37th Bomber Squadron, 17th Bomber Wing, during the Korean War.

On October 29, 1952, while on a day interdiction of the enemy's main supply route, his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on October 15, 1953. 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