Shimonoya Toshio

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Toshio Shimonoya is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Toshio Shimonoya

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

50001792

Unit:

23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division

Date of Death:

1951-09-19

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

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

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

142

Decoration:

Comments:

Toshio Shimonoya was born on November 5, 1928, in Hawaii. He was the son of Kotaro Shimonoya and Kura Shimonoya. He served in the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, as a Private First Class and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

PFC Shimonoya was Killed in Action on September 19, 1951, during the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge in North Korea. He is now buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.koreanwar.org