MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Akui, David M.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Akui​

• FORENAME

David M.​

• UNIT

1 Bn (White Combat Team)​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant​

• NUMBER

20011820​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Hawaii​

born 16.1.1920 Hawaii​

enlisted 15.10.1940​

298th Infantry,Hawaii National Guard 1941 (Cpl)​

took first Japanese POW at Pearl Harbor (Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki,commander of 2-man submarine)​

postwar Hawaii National Guard​

retired as Master Sergeant​

died 15.9.1987 Kaneohe,Hawaii​

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