Kawamura Masami

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Masami Kawamura is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Masami Kawamura

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

50001766

Unit:

23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division

Date of Death:

1951-10-10

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

Plot:

Section P

Row:

Grave:

Site 136

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Masami Kawamura was born on October 8, 1928. He served in the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, as a Private First Class and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

PFC Kawamura was seriously wounded by enemy missile fire during the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge in North Korea and succumbed to his wounds on October 10, 1951. He is now buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

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