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*** 2011 Honor Roll ***
January 31, 2012
In Memoriam
The following tribute is in memory the veterans of the 100th/442nd RCT who have left us in 2011. It is with honor and gratitude that we dedicate our ongoing efforts to promote their legacy and all they stood for.
| Saburo Hasegawa | 6/11/10 | 100th Bn A Co |
| Philip “Matsu” Shigeo Matsuyama | 9/1/10 | 100th Bn C Co |
| Kenneth Kazuto Katayama | 1/7/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| Ernest Kamisato | 1/8/11 | M Co |
| George Kurisu | 1/11/11 | 100th Bn A Co |
| Robert Sasaki | 1/11/11 | L Co |
| Shinichi Hirata | 1/14/11 | Hdq Co |
| Barney Hajiro | 1/21/11 | M Co/I Co |
| Alexander Oka | 1/22/11 | Service Co |
| Richard Chagami | 1/22/11 | Service Co |
| Paul Masaichi Tokusato | 1/22/11 | F Co |
| Kay Ino | 1/23/11 | F Co |
| Kahachi Wakimoto | 1/26/11 | H Co |
| Tom Kariyama | 1/26/11 | 100th Bn C Co |
| Willard “Lanky” Matsumoto | 1/28/11 | H Co |
| Frank Sadami Okimoto | 1/29/11 | G Co |
| Mamoru Sakuma | 1/29/11 | G Co |
| Masaru “Mike” Kobashigawa | 1/29/11 | 232nd Eng |
| Roy T. Yokote | 1/30/11 | 100th Bn D Co |
| Hideo Yamashita | 2/3/11 | 100th Bn C Co |
| Lt. Col (Ret) Ben I. Sugawa | 2/6/11 | 522 FA-B Batt |
| George Kenji Kimura | 2/6/11 | Hdq Co |
| Toshio “Bob” Orita | 2/6/11 | 522 FA-C Batt |
| Robert Masami Iso | 2/6/11 | I Co |
| Susumu “Tonti” Sakaida | 2/7/11 | I Co |
| Tsugio Yamada | 2/10/11 | 100th Bn A Co |
| Jack T. Yamashita | 2/12/11 | Cannon |
| Stanley K. Fujii | 2/12/11 | 522 FA-Svc Batt |
| Hideo Nakauchi | 2/13/11 | K Co |
| Mickey Kurokawa | 2/16/11 | L Co |
| Jack T. Morita | 2/16/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| Giichiro Joe Mori | 2/17/11 | Staff Hdq Co |
| Jack Kusuo Tagawa | 2/23/11 | 2nd Hdq |
| Henry S. Yamane | 2/23/11 | Anti-Tank |
| Harry Isao Suzuki | 2/28/11 | H Co |
| Robert Shizuto Kuniyoshi | 2/28/11 | 232nd Eng |
| Peter Mitsuo Oki | 3/1/11 | K Co |
| Masaichi “Tom” Matsuura | 3/2/11 | Service Co |
| Rokuro “George” Nakano | 3/4/11 | I Co |
| Wallace T. Kawamura | 3/4/11 | L Co |
| Mike Kiyoshi Inouye | 3/5/11 | Service Co |
| Augustine “Augie” Aratani | 3/7/11 | 100th Bn C Co |
| Yasuyuki Kurokawa | 3/10/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| William Hideo Kaya | 3/10/11 | 100th Bn D Co |
| Shigeru Imai | 3/15/11 | 100th Bn C Co |
| Tom Tarami Takashima | 3/17/11 | Medic |
| Fred Aihiro Kajioka | 3/18/11 | 3rd Hdq |
| James Yasumi Omatsu | 3/20/11 | Reg Hdq |
| Kenzo Kuroda | 3/21/11 | 100th Bn A Co |
| Taro Uchizono | 3/22/11 | 100th Bn C Co |
| Masaichi Ajimura | 3/23/11 | 442nd Hdq/100th Bn A Co |
| Sadamu Mukai | 3/23/11 | M Co |
| Hayato Tanaka | 3/23/11 | 100th Bn C Co |
| Henry S. Yamane | 2/23/11 | Anti-Tank |
| Mitsuo O. Katayama | 3/24/11 | 100th Bn A Co |
| Robert J. Funa | 3/25/11 | 100th Bn Hdq Co |
| Dr. Kenneth K. Inada | 3/26/11 | K Co |
| Shusuke “Shu” Fujitake | 3/27/11 | I Co |
| Itsuo Nitahara | 3/29/11 | L Co |
| Kaz Kimura | 3/31/11 | Hdq Co |
| Minoru Miyasaki | 3/31/11 | G Co |
| Katsumi Uyeda | 4/3/11 | Anti-Tank |
| Kenneth Oshima | 4/4/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| Chiyoji Chester Takahashi | 4/5/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| Leslie Goichi Araki | 4/9/11 | L Co |
| Leslie Goichi Araki | 4/9/11 | L Co |
| Ivan Harold Frazier (Capt) | 4/9/11 | M Co |
| Harold Tatsumi Hasegawa | 4/13/11 | F Co |
| Jitsuzo Chinen | 4/14/11 | 100th Bn C Co |
| Hiroshi Kato | 4/14/11 | 522 – Svc |
| Masami Samuel Yoshinari | 4/15/11 | Cannon |
| Herbert Hideo Hirano | 4/16/11 | M Co |
| Juno “Wally” Kaneshige | 4/17/11 | E Co |
| Wallace T. Nagao | 4/19/11 | Hdq Co |
| Noboru Ogami | 4/22/11 | Medic |
| Shoichi Harada | 4/23/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| Thomas Katsuyoshi Nishimitsu | 4/23/11 | 100th Bn D Co |
| Hiroshi “Coffee” Kohashi | 4/25/11 | L Co |
| Susumu “Iso” Isosaki | 4/26/11 | H Co |
| Merrilll “Bud” Francis Butler Jr. | 5/–/11 | Hdq Co |
| Lawrence Yoshito Mori | 5/3/11 | 522 FA-A Batt |
| Robert J. Ishimatsu | 5/3/11 | L Co |
| Kaoru Noda | 5/5/11 | G Co |
| Rodney Tamotsu Yamashiro | 5/7/11 | 232nd Eng |
| Ryoki “Joe” Tamura | 5/8/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| Masatsugi Nishizaki | 5/13/11 | 232nd Eng |
| Jerry Masashi Shigaki | 5/14/11 | G Co |
| Kanado “James” Nagatsuka | 5/14/11 | F Co |
| Isamu “Sam”Sugimoto | 5/15/11 | 3rd Hdq |
| Tadakazu Mike Kato | 5/16/11 | I Co |
| George Juji Omi | 5/18/11 | Medic |
| Seikichi James Kawamoto | 5/20/11 | Medic |
| Kato “Kete” Okazaki | 5/24/11 | 100th Bn A Co |
| Manabu Sorakubo | 5/24/11 | 522 FA-A Batt |
| Harold Toshio Hayashida | 5/25/11 | M Co |
| Wataru Teruya | 5/27/11 | Hdq |
| Kaname Yui | 5/30/11 | 100th Bn A Co |
| Sakai Wakakuwa | 6/1/11 | 100th Bn D Co |
| Albert Fairchild Saijo | 6/2/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| Frank Tomohiko Seto | 6/3/11 | Anti-Tank |
| Jim Tanouye | 6/4/11 | F Co |
| Yukio Arashiro | 6/4/11 | 100th Bn C Co |
| Richard “Rugged” Miyakawa | 6/6/11 | Anti-Tank |
| Richard Masaichi Oshiro | 6/7/11 | I Co |
| Robert Katasumi Mizumoto | 6/8/11 | 100th Bn C Co |
| Ryosuke R. Sakaguchi | 6/8/11 | G Co |
| Kiyoshi Ono | 6/12/11 | 522- B Batt |
| Gordon Tokuo Furuto | 6/18/11 | Service Co |
| Norman H. Nishimoto | 6/20/11 | Cannon |
| Manny Kitagawa | 6/20/11 | Cannon |
| Saburo Tsuhako | 6/22/11 | Anti-Tank |
| Ray Moriyoshi Uyeno | 6/24/11 | Staff Adm |
| George H. Kinoshita | 6/27/11 | 100th Bn A Co |
| Hiroshi “Horse” Tadakuma | 7/22/11 | 3rd Hdq |
| Tatsumi Matsumoto | 7/24/11 | 3rd Hdq |
| Kiyoto Sakamoto | 7/27/11 | 100th Bn/442nd Anti-Tank |
| Arthur Takeshi Komiyama | 7/30/11 | 100th Hdq/442nd Service |
| Arthur Takeshi Komiyama | 7/30/11 | 100th Bn Hdq Co |
| Haruo Sato | 7/30/11 | F Co |
| Masanobu “Marshak” Tamayose | 8/1/11 | 522 FA-Svc Batt |
| Dr. Hiroshi Kuida | 8/2/11 | Cannon |
| Francis Seiichi Shinohara | 8/2/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| James Naomitsu Sakamoto | 8/5/11 | 2nd HQ |
| Seikichi Ikehara | 8/8/11 | Staff Hdq Co |
| Atsuo Nishioka | 8/8/11 | 232nd Eng |
| Roy Y. Nakatani | 8/10/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| Riyoji Terada | 8/12/11 | Medic |
| Robert Nobuichi Katayama | 8/14/11 | F Co |
| Jack Kiyoto Mizushima | 8/16/11 | 100th Bn C Co |
| Matsuji “Mutt” Sakumoto | 8/19/11 | I Co |
| Frank Toshiyuki Tanizaki | 8/20/11 | E Co |
| Kenji Noda | 8/27/11 | K Co |
| Walter Atsushi Sugasawara | 8/28/11 | E Co |
| Yukio Ishihara | 9/2/11 | Service Co |
| Nobuichi Ishida | 9/2/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| Choki Yara | 9/5/11 | F Co |
| Masahide Ojima | 9/5/11 | 522 FA-B Batt |
| David Tadahiro Ito | 9/7/11 | I Co |
| Katsugo Miho | 9/11/11 | 522 FA-B Batt |
| Shigeru Oshita | 9/13/11 | 100th Bn Hdq Co |
| Toshio Gibo | 9/14/11 | 100th Bn C Co |
| Stanley Masao Takemoto | 9/14/11 | L Co |
| Leo S. Tanaka | 9/15/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| Tom Hiraki | 9/17/11 | 232nd Eng |
| Kiyoharu “Kay” Aburanao | 9/17/11 | G Co |
| Richard Yasuyuki “Yasu” Nakashima | 9/18/11 | 3rd Hdq Co |
| Kohei Sakuma | 9/18/11 | 522 FA-Hdq |
| Choichi “Shima” Shimabukuro | 9/25/11 | 100th Bn Hdq Co |
| Harry Hajime Ohnoki | 9/29/11 | Medic |
| Monte Shuji Okamoto | 9/30/11 | 232nd Eng |
| Takeru Sanekane | 10/5/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| Albert Akio Nakano | 10/8/11 | Hdq Co |
| Tamotsu Sasaki | 10/8/11 | I Co |
| Victor Ichiro Wakano | 10/10/11 | Cannon/MIS |
| Satoru Nakamura | 10/26/11 | 100th Bn B Co |
| Saburo Nishime | 10/26/11 | 100th Bn D Co |
| Tommy Yoshio Hiraoka | 10/27/11 | I Co |
| Hiroshi Okada | 10/31/11 | E Co |
| Jitsuri Yoshida | 10/31/11 | 100th Bn D Co |
| Tadao “Tad” Wakayama” | 11/3/11 | M Co |
| Jun William Yamamoto | 11/3/11 | L Co |
| Toshio Harunaga | 11/4/11 | F Co/MIS |
| Kaoru Sakima | 11/5/11 | 522 FA-Hdq |
| Isao Kondo | 11/8/11 | E Co |
| Charles Saiki | 11/11/11 | Service Co |
| Harold Fukunaga | 11/16/11 | G Co |
| Toshio Okamura | 11/21/11 | E Co |
| Richard Manabu Nakagawa | 11/22/11 | F Co |
| Thomas Sueoka | 11/23/11 | 100th Bn Medic |
| James Toshio Masatsugu | 12/3/11 | RHdq, 2Hdq |
| Allan N. Doi | 12/6/11 | 100th Bn Hdq Co |
| Tad Tadao Kanda | 12/7/11 | 100th Bn D Co |
| Masato “Mauch” Yamashita | 12/7/11 | I Co |
| Benjamin Issei Sugawara | 12/9/11 | L Co |
| Hideo Wachi | 12/9/11 | E Co Medic |
| Hideo Higa | 12/14/11 | L Co |
| Tom Harimoto | 12/17/11 | I Co |
| Tom K. Maekawa | 12/18/11 | 522 FA-B Batt |
| Kazuma Nekoba | 12/29/11 | I Co |
| Wilfred Taira | 12/31/11 | Medic |