Nitta Frederick Motohisa

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Frederick Motohisa Nitta is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Frederick Motohisa Nitta

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

50001468

Unit:

35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1951-09-08

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:

Frederick Motohisa Nitta was born on July 31, 1928, in Honolulu County, Hawaii. He served in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, as a Corporal and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

Cpl Nitta was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on September 8, 1951. 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, www.abmc.gov