If there is any person that I have missed I would appreciate an email so that I can correct this. I have had many requests from people to furnish a list of people that were a part of the 442nd RCT and I have finally had time to transcribe it from the above mentioned book. When you do email me please include battalion, company, rank, full name, and awards issued.

Michael Furukawa

Names in italic denote killed in action or died of wounds
Names in bold denote MIA

NOTE: It was later discovered that many of the names listed here as MIA were actaully Prisoners of War (POW). Of those captured, only a few died in captivity and so their listing could be changed from MIA to "FOD" or "finding of death."

Officers:

Col Virgil Rasmuss Miller, SS, LM, BS, CIB, MVM (Italian) Col Charles Wilber Pence, DSM, PH, CIB, CG LtCol Jack Edward Conley, SS, BS, DUB, CIB LtCol James Martin Hanley, Jr., LM, BS, DUB, CIB, CG LtCol Alfred Arthur Pursall, SS, BS, DUB, CIB, CG LtCol Gordon Singles, BS, DUB, CIB, CG LtCol Jack C. Smith Maj Thomas William Akins, SS, DUB, CIB, CG Maj Clarence Harold Buckly, BS, MB Maj William Newll Colyer, DUB, CIB Maj Mitsuyoshi Fukada, SS, DUB, CIB Maj Robert Arthur Gopel, BS olc, DUB, CIB Maj Ralph Joseph Graham, PH, DUB, CIB Maj George G. Green Maj Oscar King, SS, BS Maj Ivan Ferdinand Kovac, BS olc, CIB Maj Harry L. Lyon Maj Alex Earl McKenzie, PH olc, DUB, CIB Maj Emmet Lawrence O'Connor, PH, DUB, CIB Maj Claude Peyton White, BS, CIB Capt (Ch) George Aki Capt William Aull, BS olc, DUB, CIB Capt Victor Joseph Bonin, DUB, CIB Capt Joseph Lawrence Byrne, SS, BS, PH, DUB, CIB Capt Donald F. Cameron, Jr. Capt Jack Certain Capt John Gallagher Craig Capt Jack A. Coston, DUB, CIB Capt Thomas E. Crowley, PH DUB, CIB Capt John J. Dahl, MB Capt Frank Alex Demaiolo, BS, DUB, CIB Capt Ralph Burnell Ensminger, PH, CIB Capt Harry Burtis Farr, BS, CIB Capt Marion Francis Felt, SS, DUB, CIB Capt Louis Anthony Ferris, BSA, CIB Capt Paul Edward Froning, PH olc, DUB, CIB Capt Gaylord Hellis Gilmore, LM, PH, CIB Capt George Henry Grandstaff, SS, LM, PH 3 olc, DUB, CIB Capt Eugene Davis Harrison, BS, PH, DUB, CIB Capt Lee B. Hawkins, BS, CIB Capt Shigeki Hayashi, PH, MB Capt Robert Lewis Hempstead, SS, PH, CIB Capt (Ch) Hiro Higuchi, LM Capt Milton A. Hirsh, Jr. Capt Joseph Wallace Hill, SS, BS, PH, DUB, CIB Capt Merle L. Hite Capt La Vern Lee Hodges Capt Wayland F. Hogan, MB Capt Norman Howard, BS, CIB Capt Walter F. Johnston, SS, BS, PH olc, DUB CIB Capt John Abselom Jett, DUB, CIB Capt William R. Jacobs Capt Henry Masashi Kawano, PH, DUB, CIB Capt Wallace Shinobu Kawaoka, BS, MB Capt Christopher R. Keegan, LM, PH olc, DUB, CIB Capt John Harold Kilmore, DUB, CIB Capt Young Oak Kim, DSC, SS, PH olc Capt Katsumi Kometani, BS, MB Capt John Richard Leonard, Jr., CIB Capt Walter Lesiniski, CIB Capt Howard F. Luther Capt Walter A. Mackey, BS, DUB, CIB Capt St. Elmo Massengale, Jr., BS, CIB Capt Roderick Matheson, Jr., CIB Capt Robert J. McKelvy, DUB, CIB Capt Robert Bothwell Meyer, BS, DUB, CIB Capt John Moliema Capt Sterlin C. Moore Capt Arthur William Munch, PH olc, DUB, CIB Capt Edward Joseph Nilges, SS, PH, DUB, CIB           **Website by: Thomas M. Nilges (nephew)  added 2/11/2003 Capt Bert Noboru Nishimura, SS, DUB, CIB Capt Hugo Shafter O'Konogi, MB Capt Franklin G. Osberg Capt Carl Patrick Piampiano, PH Capt Thomas Plourde, BS, PH, DUB, CIB Capt William S. Pye, BS olc, DUB, CIB Capt Harold Frederick Riebesell, BS, CIB Capt Jack Woodrow Rodarme, SS, BS, DUB, CIB Capt Charles Leonard Schettler, BSA, CIB Capt Harry Irwin Shoenberg, BS, PH 2 olc Capt Joseph Shapiro, MB Capt Orville Cresap Shirey, LM, DUB, CIB, MVM (Italian) Capt Edwin Robert Shorey, SS, CIB Capt Robert Braxton Smith, DUB, CIB Capt Oral E. Stanton Capt Josehp W. Stevenson, BS, PH, CIB Capt George Shiyogo Takahashi, MB Capt Saka Takahashi, BS, PH, DUB, CIB Capt California S. Ushiro, BS, MB Capt Fletcher W. Vowell Capt (Ch) Thomas Eugene West Capt (Ch) Masao Yamada, LM, PH olc, DUB Capt (Ch) Israel A. Yost, LM, PH olc 1stLt Yaso Abe, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Albert Altesman, PH, CIB 1stLt Ralph T. Ambrose, SS, CIB 1stLt Edward E. Androvette, Jr., BS, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Lewis Fred Arnold, PH, CIB 1stLt Sim Lincoln Asai, Bs, CIB 1stLt Howard Nelson Babcock, Jr., Ph, CIB 1stLt Joseph Robert Bertram, PH, CIB 1stLt James Boodry, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Arthur Marion Boyd, BS, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Reginald D. Brady, CIB 1stLt Milton Louis Brenner, PH, CIB 1stLt Harold M. Brown, SS, BS, PH 2 olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Sydney Steward Bruce, Jr., BS, PH, CIB 1stLt Robert M. Bryan, SS, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt George Arthur Buirkle, BS, CIB 1stLt Byron Eugene Burns, BS, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Howard Vernon Burt, PH, CIB 1stLt John T. Burke 1stLt James Otis Bushyeager, DUB, CIB 1stLt Kyne R. Catton 1stLt Herbert Wayne Chipman, BSA, PH, CIB 1stLt Samuel M. Clawser, Jr. 1stLt Jesse Holland Conner, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Michael Cooper, CIB 1stLt Hathwell W. Corbiere, PH 2 olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Paul Edmund Corbin, SS, BS, DUB, CIB 1stLt Kenneth Irvin Coy, CIB 1stLt Letcher Crawford 1stLt E. J. Davee, Jr. 1stLt Arthur Doublas Dean, Jr., PH, CIB 1stLt Howard Carl Dehoney, CIB 1stLt Anthony DeLuca, DUB, CIB 1stLt Harry Fay Dickenson, PH, CIB 1stLt Eugene Thomas Doyon, Jr., DUB, CIB 1stLt Raymond Drebin, BS, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt James Bowers Dunn, BS, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Jack G. Earp, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Charles Olver Farnum, Jr., SS, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt James Keith Finnell, PH, CIB 1stLt Lester Newton Fitzhugh, BS, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Robert Ho. Foote, BS, PH 2 olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Ivan Harold Frazier, BS, DUB, CIB 1stLt Roy Kiyoshi Futamata, MB 1stLt Charles W. Ganster, DUB, CIB 1stLt Samuel Rufus Gay, Jr., CIB 1stLt Roy Gerkovich, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Norman Robert Gilbert, BS, CIB 1stLt Edgar Harold Graham, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Elden Lyle Good, PH olc, CIB 1stLt Gerald A. Gustafson, BS, PH, CIB 1stLt Robert Allen Guthrie, Jr., CIB 1stLt George Edmund Halpin, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Richard N. Hamasaki, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Victor C. Handley, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Adam C. Hart 1stLt Victor C. Handley, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Edward W. Hehemann, DUB, CIB 1stLt Takao Hedani, BS, DUB, CIB 1stLt Harlan T. Hermann 1stLt Charles A. Hines, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Kazuma Hisanaga, SS, BS, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt William Frederick Holmes, DUB, CIB 1stLt Lerno Ihara, SS, BS, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Gregory Hiroto Ikeda, SS, PH, olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Satoru Inomoto, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Daniel K. Inouye, DSC PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Kenneth Kameki Kaneko, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Francis R. Kane 1stLt Shigeto Kanemoto, BS olc, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Fred Seiichi Kanemura, SS, PH 2 olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Kanemi Kanazawa, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Sadami Katahara, BS, DUB, CIB 1stLt Etsuo Katano, BS, DUB, CIB 1stLt Masayuki Kawasaki, BS, DUB, CIB 1stLt Peter Kirsch 1stLt Kiyoshi Kitagawa, DUB, CIB 1stLt Joseph Y. Kiyonaga, DUB, CIB 1stLt Willie Kiyoshi Kiyota, BS, PH 2 olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Thomas Masao Kobayashi, BS olc, CIB 1stLt Francis K. Kodama, DUB, CIB 1stLt Masao Koga, DUB, CIB 1stLt Shoichi Koizumi, BS, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Frank George Kondler, DUB, CIB 1stLt Mike Kreskowsky, PH, CIB 1stLt Sadaichi Kubota, SS, BS, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Norman Frank Kurlan, BSA, CIB 1stLt Sylva M. Landress, DUB, CIB 1stLt Ernest Weldon Lee, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt William B. Lingley, BS, DUB, CIB 1stLt James W. Low 1stLt Russell J. Lowell, SS, DUB, CIB 1stLt Harold W. Luke, Jr.

1stLt Samuel Lubitz, DUB, CIB 1stLt Arthur MacColl, DUB, CIB 1stLt Saburo Maehara, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt George Gabriel Martin, SS, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Kenneth T. Masamitsu, DUB, CIB 1stLt Angelo A. Mastrella, MB 1stLt William C. McGill, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Alvin Joseph Maier BSA, CIB 1stLt James L. Metcalf 1stLt Russell Ennis Mildner, BSA, CIB 1stLt Edward Stephen Mitchell, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Takeichi Miyashiro, SS, PH, DUB. CIB1. 1.  Originally listed in the book by Orville C. Shirey as MIA. He was actually captured after Biffontaine, sent to a hospital in Poland and survived the war.  He received the DSC, also   --sent in by Drusilla A. Tanaka, Club 100 Honolulu, HI (July 10, 2000) 1stLt Norman Charles Morrisey, DUB, CIB2. 2.  He also received the PH and BS -- from his son, Bill Morrisey, July 9, 2000 1stLt Charles W. Morrison, PH, .DUB, CIB 1stLt David Leander Moseley, PH, DUB. CIB 1stLt Mickey Yasuo Nakahara, SS, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt George Sloan Norman, Jr., DUB, CIB 1stLt David Novack SS olc, BS olc, PH 2 olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Edward Irwin Nowiak, DUB, CIB 1stLt John Joseph O'Connor, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt William Sadayuki Oda, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Allan Masaharu Ohata, DSC, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Frank Shizuto Okusako, SS, PH olc, DUB CIB 1stLt Henry Chiyei Oyasato, SS, BS, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Marion Bryson Paddock, DUB, CIB 1stLt Ragnar H. Peterson, SS, PH, DUB. CIB 1stLt John David Porter, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Alvin Planas, SS, BS, DUB, CIB 1stLt Lester Franklin Rainwater, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Frank Varner Reitzell, Jr., DUB, CIB 1stLt Donald W. Riddle. DUB, CIB 1stLt John Joseph Rock, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Ben W. Rogers, Jr., BSA, PH, CIB 1stLt Calvin T. Roush, DUB, CIB 1stLt Donald E. Rowlands, SS, BS, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Joseph C. Ryan, BS, PH 2 olc. DUB, CIB 1stLt Samuel M. Sakamoto, SS, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Lindley Ritchie Sale, DUB, CIB 1stLt William H. Santschi, BS 1stLt Louis Schmidt, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt John Morrison Scotland, Jr., BSA, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt George Albert Seeley, PH olc. DUB, CIB 1stLt Alfred Terry Slater, DUB. CIB 1stLt Roger W. Smith, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Horace Franklin Smith, SS, BS olc, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Glen C. Smith, Jr. 1stLt Alvin Brayton Spetz, BS, DUB, CIB 1stLt James J. Springfield, Jr., PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt George Raymond Stairs, SS, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Keith Samuel Stivers, CIB 1stLt Robert S. Taira, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Michio Takata, BS, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Boon Takagi, PH, DUB. CIB 1stLt Francis S. Takemoto, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt Ernest S. Tanaka, DUB, CIB 1stLt Bert Tanaka, SS, DUB olc, CIB 1stLt Kiyoshi D. Teraoka, DUB, CIB 1stLt Charles H. Tinsley, Jr. 1stLt Albert Thomas Tovey, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt William H. Traylor, BS 1stLt Conrad C. Tsukayama, PH, DUB olc, CIB 1stLt Pasquale T. Valenti, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt George H. Vogt 1stLt Robert Itaru Wakuya, CIB 1stLt Charles Irwin Wanbaugh, BS olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Roy O. Warren, DUB, CIB 1stLt Keith Allen Welch, DUB, CIB 1stLt Julian White Wells, BS, PH, DUB, CIB 1stLt James David Wheatley, Jr., SS, PH 3 olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Albert W. White, CIB 1stLt Floyd Earl White, Jr., PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Maurice E. Williams, DUB. CIB 1stLt Edward R. Williams, DUB, CIB 1stLt Herbert Yamamoto, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Keichiro Yamato, SS, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Masami E. Yoshimasu, PH olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt Masami S. Yoshinari, SS olc, PH 2 olc, DUB, CIB 1stLt William Michael Young, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt t Kazuto Jimmy Adachi, PH 2 olc DUB 2ndLt Kaoru Akamatsu, PH, DUB, CIB olc 2ndLt George Stephen Allen, CIB 2ndLt Emory S. Barber 2ndLt Francis R. Bianco, BS, PH, CIB 2ndLt Wilbur Harold Blanchard, PH, CIB 2ndLt Merrill F. Butler, Jr. 2ndLt Albert Byron Chipman, Jr., PH, CIB 2ndLt Joseph J. Cunningham, BS, CIB 2ndLt Masuo Chomori, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt William John Collins, CIB 2ndLt Charles A. Coyne, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Walter Maurice Crone, PH, CIB 2ndLt Leonard C. Davy, CIB 2ndLt Edward T. Davis, SS, BS, PH. CIB 2ndLt William Davenport, SS, BS, CIB 2ndLt Carlo Joseph Dileo, CIB 2ndLt William B. Doss 2ndLt Jack Gail Earp, PH, CIB 2ndLt Richard J. Fontaneila, PH, CIB 2ndLt Fred H. Fritzmeier, PH CIB 2ndLt Ross K. Fujitani, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Roland Joseph Gagnon PH, CIB 2ndLt Sol Harold Gleicher, DUB. CIB 2ndLt Alfred Lawrence Glover, PH. CIB 2ndLt David Goldstein, PH olc, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Harry K. Habata 2ndLt Robert L. Haines, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Masato Harada 2ndLt Richard K. Hayashi, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt t John E. Hillock, PH olc, CIB 2ndLt Kenji Hino, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Dick Naotsugu Hirano, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt John G. Hunter 2ndLt Eli Willard Huseby, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Harry Inouye, BSA, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Robert Bernard Jones, CIB 2ndLt Hideo Kaichi, SS, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Jimmie Kanaya, SS, BS, MB2. 3.   Mistakenly listed as MIA, updated from R. Kinoshita and Jimmie Kanaya (July 2, 2000) 2ndLt Samuel 1 T. Katsumoto, BS, CIB 2ndLt Takeji Kinoshita 2ndLt Joseph Y. Kiyonaga, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Yeiki Kobayashigawa, DSC, BS, PH olc, DUB, CIB 2ndLt John H. Koby 2ndLt Lewis Kovacs 2ndLt George M. Komachi 2ndLt Toshi Kuge, BS olc, MB 2ndLt Minoru Kurata, PH, CIB 2ndLt Masato Kutaka, BS olc, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Carl Leland Lang, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Clarence E. Lang, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt John Lewis Mapes, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Manfred Lloyd Minzer, Jr., CIB 2ndLt Jimmie T. Nakayama, BS, PH, MB 2ndLt Matsuhei H. Nishimura, BS, PH, D B. CIB 2ndLt Yoshinaru Nishida, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Mitsuo Nitta 2ndLt Ichiro Okada, SS, PH olc, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Tsugio D. Okumura, .DUB, CIB 2ndLt Harry Eugene Oliver, DUB, CIB 2ndLt William C. Oshiro, BS, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Masanao Otake, DSC, SS, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt John Stewart Paton, PH, CIB 2ndLt Elbert Pennebaker, CIB 2ndLt Bernard Leon Perlsweig, BS, PH olc, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Ralph Jay Potter. Jr. CIB 2ndLt Robert J. Regan, BS, PH, CIB 2ndLt Arthur LaVerne Rizer 2ndLt Edward W. Roll 2ndLt Bernard Rosen, PH 2ndLt Toratsugu Ryusaki, BS, DUB, CIB: 2ndLt William Crosby Shaw, Jr., DUB, CIB 2ndLt Alfred John Stefnagle, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Arthur Delos Sloan, PH olc, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Charles W. Shrinski, Jr. 2ndLt Colonel Verdell Sober, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Edward Zukowski, PH, CIB 2ndLt Francis D. Murray 2ndLt George S. Shepherd PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Harmon W. Jordan 2ndLt Harold L. Wheeler 2ndLt Hitoshi Yonemura, SS olc, PH olc, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Howard W. Arnold 2ndLt James C. Secord 2ndLt John T. Duffy 2ndLt Joseph B. Kazlauskas 2ndLt Joseph B. Williams, BS 2ndLt Kei Tanahashi, SS, PH, CIB 2ndLt Malcolm E. Aldrich 2ndLt Michael Paul Zupkas 2ndLt Mitsuo Tsuruda, SS, PH olc, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Nagao Fujita 2ndLt Nobuo F. Tanigawa, CIB 2ndLt Shigeo George Teraji, SS, PH olc, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Susumu Yamada, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Toshimo Sodetani, BS, PH, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Tsutomu Yoshida, PH olc, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Unkei Uchima 2ndLt Yale Laitin 2ndLt Yoshio Yanagawa, BS, DUB, CIB 2ndLt Yutaka Yoshida, SS, BS, PH, DUB, CIB CWO Albert Atsushi Koby, CIB CWO Thomas Nishitani, CIB WOJG Hideo Kajikawa, CIB WOJG James N. Yamamoto, CIB WOJG Joe Iwaoka, BS, CIB WOJG Phillip N. Ichino, CIB

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