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Kenneth Kenji KumasawaAge: 76 years19392015

Name
Kenneth Kenji Kumasawa
Given names
Kenneth Kenji
Surname
Kumasawa
Birth July 16, 1939 26 22
Marriage of a parentGeorge Yoshio KumasawaAlyce Fusaye HiyamaView this family
August 9, 1944 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 2 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a paternal grandfatherCharles Takashi Kumasawa
July 29, 1946 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 10 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a paternal grandmotherTaka “Take” Kimeda
February 26, 1960 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 6 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a fatherGeorge Yoshio Kumasawa
December 26, 1976 (Age 37 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherKachiyo “Bachan” Ashio
May 11, 1983 (Age 43 years)
Death of a motherEdna Yayoko Takahira
December 26, 1991 (Age 52 years)
Death of a sisterEileen Yayoko Kumasawa
August 27, 2013 (Age 74 years)
Death December 12, 2015 (Age 76 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Edna Yayoko Takahira
Birth: November 14, 1916 30 18Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States
Death: December 26, 1991Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: January 22, 1935Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States
1 year
elder sister
4 years
himself
Kenneth Kenji Kumasawa
Birth: July 16, 1939 26 22Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States
Death: December 12, 2015Redmond, King, Washington, United States
Father’s family with Alyce Fusaye Hiyama - View this family
father
step-mother
Alyce Fusaye Hiyama
Birth: June 12, 1912Fresno, California, United States
Death: December 23, 1992Woodinville, King, Washington, United States
Marriage: August 9, 1944Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Mother’s family with Jack Seichi Sakamoto - View this family
step-father
Jack Seichi Sakamoto
Birth: October 6, 1913Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States
Death: December 12, 1962Los Angeles, California, United States
mother
Edna Yayoko Takahira
Birth: November 14, 1916 30 18Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States
Death: December 26, 1991Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
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