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Casualty Info
Home Town Honolulu, HI
Last Address Honolulu, HI
Casualty Date Mar 10, 1963
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Quang Ngai (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (VA) - Honolulu, Hawaii
memorial a-team Notes2 442nd regiment from wikipedia
Date
Nov 3, 2018
Last Updated: Nov 3, 2018
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The 442nd Regiment is the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.[4] Created as the 442d Regimental Combat Team when it was activated February 1, 1943, the unit quickly grew to its fighting complement of 4,000 men by April 1943. During action in WWII, these 4,000 had to be replaced nearly two times, with a total of about 14,000 men served, earning 9,486 Purple Hearts. The unit was awarded eight Presidential Unit Citations (five earned in one month).[5]:201 Twenty-one of its members were awarded Medals of Honor.[3] In 2010, the Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and associated units who served during WWII,[6] and in 2012, all surviving members were made chevaliers of the French Légion d'Honneur for their actions contributing to the liberation of France and their heroic rescue of the Lost Battalion.[
