Ura Konomu

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Konomu Ura is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Japanese-American Troops in the Korean War Monument

Name:

Konomu Ura

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

50002356

Unit:

179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Division

Date of Death:

1952-06-29

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; Purple Heart Medal; Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation; Republic of Korea War Service Medal; United Nations Service Medal

Comments:

Konomu �Paul� Ura was born on March 15, 1929, in Kurtistown, Hawaii County, Hawaii. He was the son of Kiyoshi Ura and Tsune Ura. He served in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, as a Corporal and Light Weapons Infantryman during the Korean War.

Cpl Ura was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in the area of "Old Baldy", northeast of Seoul, North Korea on June 29, 1952. 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