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Three Placer County Veterans

At right, three Placer County residents who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team: Frank Kageta, Al Nitta, and Shig Yokote (photo taken 2009).

 

 

 

Below, Frank and Shig, along with Norman Kamada (another local 442nd veteran), visited the foundry in October 2011 to see the project in progress.

 

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Roster of Placer County World War II Soldiers

These are the names of 123 Nikkei who served in the US Military in World War II and resided in Placer County before and/or after the war. No distinction is made between 442nd RCT, 100th Battalion, MIS, or any other unit.

Though this roster was developed from Veterans Bureau records, it may not be 100% accurate. Please contact us with any changes or additions.

1. Adachi, Ted Teruo
2. Asazawa, Esamu
3. Asazawa, Kazuo Jeff
4. Asazawa, Morio
5. Deguchi, Masato
6. Doi, Shig *
7. Doi, Sumio
8. Fujimoto, Ray
9. Fujino, Hiroshi
10. Fujino, Joe Yuzuru
11. Dick Hideo Fujioka
12. Fujita, Frank *
13. Fujito, Kaname Tom
14. Furutani, Kimio
15. Goto, George>
16. Hamada, George Kyoto
17. Hamai, George
18. Hamaishi, Fred Ryoso
19. Hamaoka, Sadao
20. Hamasaki, Takaharu
21. Hanamoto, Asa *
22. Hata, Masaharu
23. Hirano, Roy
24. Hironaka, Tom
25. Horiuchi, Sumito
26. Ichikawa, George
27. Iida, Paul S.
28. Imai, Saburo
29. Iso, James Yutaka *
30. Kageta, Frank *

31. Kageta, Sanai
32. Kakiuchi, George
33. Kamada, Norman *
34. Kamezaki, Tatsuo
35. Kanai, Kazuo
36. Kashiwabara, Kay K.
37. Kashiwabara, Kensuke *
38. Kashiwabara, Tom
39. Katayama, Raymond
40. Kawano, Jack T.
41. Kondo, George
42. Koyama, Norman
43. Kurahara, Johnny T.
44. Kurimoto, Takumi F.
45. Makabe, Daniel Mitsuo
46. Makabe, Wilson Haruo
47. Makimoto, George
48. Masaoka, Hisao Hank
49. Masaoka, Kay Kiyoshi #
50. Masaoka, Tony
51. Masuda, Frank Mamoru
52. Matsuda, Takashi
53. Matsumoto, Junius
54. Matsushita, George
55. Mayeda, Charles Shigeru
56. Mayeda, George Morio
57. Mayeda, Mike
58. Miyahara, Tokio
59. Miyakawa, Noboru
60. Miyamura, Yoshito H.
61. Mizuiri, Yoshiaki
62. Morisato, George

63. Muraoka, Henry
64. Nakae, Takuro
65. Nakagawa, Winston Itsuo
66. Nakata, Masaru Charles
67. Nishikawa, George
68. Nishimoto, Julius Katsumi
69. Nishimoto, Kiyoto T.
70. Nishimoto, William Kazuyuki
71. Nitta, Alfred T.
72. Norimoto, Masa
73. Ogara, Ichiro Howard
74. Ohnoki, Harry H. *
75. Okusako, Frank Shizuto
76. Omoto, Kay Niike
77. Sakahara, Shigenobu
78. Sakai, Akira
79. Sakai, William
80. Sakamoto, Calvin
81. Sakamoto, Cosma Kazuma
82. Sakamoto, George
83. Sakamoto, Masa #
84. Sakamoto, Walter Wakatsu
85. Sasaki, Akira
86. Sasaki, Haruo
87. Sasaki, Minoru
88. Shimizu, Minoru Fred
89. Shintaku, Wataru
90. Sugiyama, George Masayasu
91. Suzuki, George K.
92. Suzuki, Jack S.
93. Takahashi, Homer Y.
94. Takahashi, Milton *
95. Takamoto, Yoneo
96. Takemoto, Koso
97. Takuma, Ko
98. Tanizawa, James Noboyuki
99. Tanizawa, Milton
100. Tanizawa, Tom Tomu
101. Tomita, Joe
102. Tsujimoto, John
103. Uchimoto, Dan
104. Uratsu, Masaji Gene
105. Uratsu, Marvin *
106. Uratsu, Rusty
107. Uyeda, Kenichi Kenneth
108. Uyeda, Roy
109. Uyeno, Takeo
110. Wada, Stevens S.
111. Wakayama, Kengo
112. Yabe, Donald T.
113. Yamada, Masao
114. Yamamura, Mike M.
115. Yokota, Charles
116. Yokote, Jack
117. Yokote, Roy
118. Yokote, Shigeo *
119. Yonehiro, Earl
120. Yonehiro, George Kohei
121. Yonehiro, Horace H.
122. Yusa, Ayere
123. Yusa, Henry

# = Killed in Action

* = Living as of December, 2011  

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