Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Masao James Furukawa ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Masao James Furukawa
LAST NAME: Furukawa FIRST NAME: Masao MIDDLE NAME: James NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 2 Sep 1920 DIED: 21 Sep 1988 BURIED: 1988
ETHNICITY:  Japanese OCCUPATION:  WWII - Army
BIRTH PLACE:  Winlock, Lewis Co., Washington
DEATH PLACE: Washington Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
WWII - US Army Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946: Masao J. Furukawa, b. 1919 in Washington, resided in Washington Co., Oregon, enlisted Jan. 12, 1942, served as a private; had completed grammar school and was a farm hand; 65" tall, 145 lbs.
Masao is listed as the son of Toyotaro Furukawa in the 1928 census of the Japanese in Oregon. He was cremated and known to have died at the TB Hospital in Salem, Oregon.
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
Masao James Furukawa 
US Army 
World War II 
Sep 1919 - Sep 21 1988 
SOURCES: 
ODI
Saucy Survey & Photographs
Japanese Population in Oregon, Bureau of Labor, Oct. 1, 1928, pg 13.
WW II - US Army Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 
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LOT: 284 SPACE: 4 SW LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.230' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.716'
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