Kaneshiro Jack Seiji

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Jack Seiji Kaneshiro is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Jack Seiji Kaneshiro

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

10735061

Unit:

34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1950-07-20

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

Plot:

Court 6

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Combat Infantryman Badge; 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:

Jack Seiji Kaneshiro was born on May 27, 1929, in Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. He served in Company M, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, as a Private First Class and Heavy Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

PFC Kaneshiro was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Taejon, South Korea on July 20, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. 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, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

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