Tanouye Kiyoshi

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Kiyoshi Tanouye is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Kiyoshi Tanouye

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

50000225

Unit:

5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division

Date of Death:

1951-04-03

State:

Hawaii

Cemetery:

Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

Plot:

Court 8

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Combat Infantryman Badge; Korean Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Prisoner of War Medal; Purple Heart Medal; Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation; Republic of Korea War Service Medal; United Nations Service Medal

Comments:

Kiyoshi Tanouye was born on November 14, 1924. He served in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, as a Private First Class and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

PFC Tanouye was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on February 15, 1951, and died while a prisoner on April 3, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

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