Tateyama, Haruyoshi H.

Date of birth:: January 9th, 1920
Date of death:: November 3rd, 1943 (Capriati, Italy)
Buried on:: American War Graves Maui Veterans Cemetery
Nationality:: American

Biography

Corporal. 100th Infantry Battalion.

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Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Corporal
Unit:: Company F, 100th Infantry Battalion, 34th Infantry Division "Red Bull", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: 1944

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy on 2 November 1943, in the vicinity of Capriati, Italy. While establishing an outpost line of the enemy-held banks of the Volturno River, Corporal Tateyama's squad encountered a heavily-mined and booby-trapped field and became somewhat disorganized. Corporal Tateyama, Assistant Squad Leader, with utter disregard for his own safety, moved over the hazardous area and successfully reorganized the squad. He then personally led the squad through the heavily-mined field to its assigned position, but in accomplishing this he was mortally wounded by an enemy anti-personnel mine. The courage and devotion to duty displayed by Corporal Tateyama contributed materially to the success of his Battalion in making a crossing and is a distinct credit to the Armed Forces of the United States.