26 April 2014

Japanese-American member of Merrill's Marauders dies at 100 | RallyPoint.com

Military News - Japanese-American member of Merrill's Marauders dies at 100

By Jeff Schogol, Staff Writer
Copyright: www.militarytimes.com

Roy Matsumoto, who served with the famed Merrill’s Marauders during World War II and was later inducted into the “Ranger Hall of Fame,” has died at 100, according to his daughter Karen.

“ ‘Ranger’ ” Roy Matsumoto passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home on San Juan Island, Wash., surrounded by his loving family on the morning of April 21st, 2014,” Karen Matsumoto wrote in an obituary for her father. “He was less than 2 weeks short of his 101st birthday.”

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