Ishida Hidemaro Saito

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Hidemaro Saito Ishida is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Hidemaro Saito Ishida

Rank:

Airman 1st Class

Serial Number:

AF19415365

Unit:

28th BOMB SQ, 19th BOMB GP/VH

Date of Death:

1953-01-29

State:

California

Cemetery:

Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

Plot:

Court 8

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal; Korean Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Prisoner of War Medal; Purple Heart Medal; Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation; Republic of Korea War Service Medal; United Nations Service Medal

Comments:

Hidemaro Saito �Ish� Ishida was born on August 19, 1932. He served in the 28th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, as an Airman First Class and right gunner aboard a B-29A Superfortress Bomber during the Korean War.

On January 29, 1953, the aircraft was shot down by MiGs eleven miles south of Pyongyang at Pae-san Peak, North Korea. He was taken Prisoner of War and presumably died as a prisoner on January 30, 1954. 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 Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA.

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