Kanekura Fred Toshihara

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Fred Toshihara Kanekura is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Fred Toshihara Kanekura

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

30117678

Unit:

25th Infantry Divsion

Date of Death:

1950-08-02

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

Plot:

Court 6

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

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:

Fred Toshihara Kanekura was born on May 15, 1925, in Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. He was the son of Ishizo Kanekura and Haru Kanekura. He served in Battery A, 8th Field Artillery Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, as a Private and Truck Driver Light during the Korean War.

Pvt Kanekura was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on August 2, 1950. 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 National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and the Maui Veterans Cemetery.

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