Japanese American Military Experience Database
Yurikichi Ikehara
Gender
Male
Birth date
1919-06-19
Place of birth
Waipahu HI, USA
Inducted
1940-12-19, HI
Service branch
Army
Service type
War
Unit type
Support
Units served
100th Battalion
MISLS Sec 15 (Graduated Savage, Dec. 1942)
1st Cavalry Division, USMC
168th Language Detachment
Military specialty
Infantryman
Military Intelligence
Interpreter
Stationed
USA: Camp Savage, MN; Camp Shelby, MS
Unit responsibility
Infantry
Military intelligence
Personal responsibility
Infantryman
Interpreter
Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)
Bronze Star
Letter of Commendation
Additional information
Residence: Aiea, HI.
Retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 56 coppersmith.
