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Salt Lake City Japanese American WWII Servicemen Memorial

 
 
Japanese WWII Servicemen Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, December 17, 2024
1. Japanese WWII Servicemen Memorial Marker
Inscription.
In grateful remembrance of our loyal sons who gave their lives serving our country in World War Two

Roy Ikeda · Shigeru Mori · Takeo Fujino · Edward Ogawa · Noboru Miyoko · John Akimoto · Mitsuru Miyoko · Victor Akimoto · Ben Masaoka · Shiro Asahina · Robert Tendo · Kazuo Mitani · Umos Hirahara · Togo Sugiyama · Taka Aklokazaki · Haruto Moriguchi · Isamu Matsukawa · M. Frank Shigemura

Erected by Japanese American Servicemen's Family League
Salt Lake City, Utah 1947
 
Erected 1947 by Japanese American Servicemen's Family League.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Asian AmericansWar, World II.
 
Location. 40° 46.867′ N, 111° 51.648′ W. Memorial is in Salt Lake City, Utah, in Salt Lake County. It is in The Avenues. It is on 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Located inside the cemetery in the south-east corner. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 921 11th Ave, Salt Lake City UT 84103, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Wasatch Front and
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in Greater Salt Lake. It is also in the American Mountain West and in Colorado Plateau. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: In Memory of Our Dead (approx. Ό mile away); Gold Star Mothers Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); First Playground (approx. 0.3 miles away); In Memory of John M. Bernhisel (approx. 0.4 miles away); Grand Army of the Republic Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp Park (approx. Ύ mile away); Walker/Town Club House (approx. 0.8 miles away); 1059 E. South Temple (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salt Lake City.
 
Salt Lake City Japanese American WWII Servicemen Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, December 17, 2024
2. Salt Lake City Japanese American WWII Servicemen Memorial
Salt Lake City Japanese American WWII Servicemen Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, December 17, 2024
3. Salt Lake City Japanese American WWII Servicemen Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 18, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 145 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 18, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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