Iwatsuru Shogo

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Shogo Iwatsuru is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Shogo Iwatsuru

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

19377984

Unit:

23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division

Date of Death:

1951-09-06

State:

California

Cemetery:

East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA

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Shogo Iwatsuru was born on December 6, 1930. He served in the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, as a Private and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

Pvt Iwatsuru was seriously wounded by missile fire during combat and later died of his wounds on September 6, 1951, during the Battle of Bloody Ridge in North Korea. He is now buried in the East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA.

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