Roy Masao KumasawaAge: 65 years1909–1975
- Name
- Roy Masao Kumasawa
- Given names
- Roy Masao
- Surname
- Kumasawa
 Birth | November 28, 1909 28 28 |
 Birth of a brother | George Yoshio Kumasawa September 8, 1912 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 6 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 8 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a brother | Hugh Sachio Kumasawa May 12, 1919 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 19 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a brother | Frank Teruo Kumasawa February 23, 1932 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 father | Charles Takashi Kumasawa July 29, 1946 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 mother | Taka “Take” Kimeda February 26, 1960 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 | April 12, 1975 (Age 65 years) |
 Burial | April 15, 1975 (3 days after death) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Charles Takashi Kumasawa Birth: May 13, 1881 — Okayama, Okayama Shi, Okayama, Japan Death: July 29, 1946 — The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, United States |
| mother |
Taka “Take” Kimeda Birth: May 26, 1881 — Tokyo, Japan Death: February 26, 1960 — Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
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Marriage: January 9, 1904 — Columbia, Washington, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Ellen Shizuko Kumasawa Birth: about 1905 23 23 — Dayton, Columbia, Washington, United States Death: about 1905 — Dayton, Columbia, Washington, United States |
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21 months elder sister |
Yonaco “Yono” Kumasawa Birth: September 26, 1906 25 25 — Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States Death: December 16, 1906 — Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States |
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19 months elder brother |
Frank Teruo Kumasawa Birth: May 5, 1908 26 26 — Okayama, Japan Death: February 23, 1932 — Seattle, King, Washington, United States |
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19 months himself |
Roy Masao Kumasawa Birth: November 28, 1909 28 28 — Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States Death: April 12, 1975 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
George Yoshio Kumasawa Birth: September 8, 1912 31 31 — Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States Death: December 26, 1976 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Hugh Sachio Kumasawa Birth: May 12, 1919 37 37 — La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States Death: June 30, 1990 — Tokyo, Japan |