Kuroki, Ben, TSgt

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Technical Sergeant

Primary Unit
1944-1945, AAF MOS 611, 505th Bombardment Group

Service Years
1942 - 1945

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Personal Details

Home State

Nebraska

Year of Birth
1917

This Military Service Page was created/owned by SSgt Robert Bruce McClelland, Jr. to remember Kuroki, Ben, TSgt.

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Home Town Gothenburg/Hershey, Nebraska	Last Address Camarillo, California
Date of Passing Sep 01, 2015
Location of Interment Conejo Mountain Memorial Park - Camarillo, California

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Last Known Activity:

He flew combat missions in North Africa, Europe, and the Pacific. He was the only Japanese-American to fly combat missions over Japan.

Other Comments:

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kuroki

http://www.pbs.org/mosthonorableson/fightingtofight.html
http://www.rafu.com/2015/09/into-the-next-stage-the-greatest-accomplishment-of-ben-kuroki/

http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Ben_Kuroki/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/us/ben-kuroki-dies-at-98-fought-bias-to-fight-for-us.html?_r=0

http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft309nb0wj/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207968854/ben-kuroki
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/14883
https://www.93bg.com/copy-of-featured-veteran-john-b
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/ben-kuroki-story-we-all-need-know?fbclid=IwAR2dFb6ojQDxedK2fNvg-j1VpWhX0h1sgQ-K13P2pG3X_gyqgQDqCXgUvts

1942-1944, AAF MOS 611, 409th Bombardment Squadron

From Month/Year - / 1942	To Month/Year - / 1944
Unit 409th Bombardment Squadron Unit Page
Rank Staff Sergeant	AFSC/MOS AAF MOS 611-Aerial Gunner
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	409th Bombardment Squadron Details

	Type Bomber
	Parent Unit Bombardment Units	Strength Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019

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5 Members Also There at Same Time

409th Bombardment Squadron

Glass, Ira A., SSgt, (1943-1945)	A07	AAF MOS 611	Staff Sergeant
Larsen, John M., SSgt, (1942-1944)	A07	AAF MOS 611	Staff Sergeant
Ciccarelli, George, Sgt, (1942-1943)	A07	AAF MOS 611	Sergeant
Ciccarelli, George, Sgt, (1942-1943)	A07	AAF MOS 611	Sergeant
Schulties, Elton John, Cpl, (1941-1943)	A07	AAF MOS 611	Corporal
Schoenberger, Richard H., 1st Lt, (1940-1943)	A08	AAF MOS 1034	[Other Service Rank]