Japanese American Military Experience Database
Larry Tadao Shigenaka
Gender
Male
Birth date
1944-5-8
Place of birth
Rivers AZ, U.S.A.
Inducted
1965-6-15, Los Angeles CA
Enlistment type
Draftee
Service branch
Army
Service type
War
Unit type
Combat
Units served
336 Assault Helicopter Co.
Military specialty
35K20 Avn.Mech.
Stationed
Vietnam
Separated
Oakland CA
Unit responsibility
Support South Vietnam Army - Search and destroy.
Personal responsibility
Maintenance of helicopter navigation and communication.
Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)
Vietnam Service Medal; Second Overseas Bar; Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device; National Defense Service Medal; Expert (Rifle M-14).
Most vivid memory of military experience
Jumping out of a helicopter into a rice paddy to retrieve radio equipment from a downed helicopter.
Missed most whilst in the military
My family and driving my car.
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
You will never know what you are capable of until you have to do it.
