Toshio Miura (Poston 19-3-A) was born on December 3, 1936 in San Pedro, California to Japanese immigrant parents, Akitsura and Hanako (Suzuki) Miura.
Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Toshio, his parents, and siblings, Hanako, Aiko, Akio, and Masami Miura were removed from Los Angeles, and placed in the Arizona desert to their wartime living quarters on May 27, 1942 at the Poston internment camp block 19-3-A. After living there a little over three years, the family finally departed from Poston and resettled in Morgan Hill on October 16, 1945.
Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Toshio, his parents, and siblings, Hanako, Aiko, Akio, and Masami Miura were removed from Los Angeles, and placed in the Arizona desert to their wartime living quarters on May 27, 1942 at the Poston internment camp block 19-3-A. After living there a little over three years, the family finally departed from Poston and resettled in Morgan Hill on October 16, 1945.
He married Mariko Sasagawa in 1970 in Los Angeles, and had three sons. Toshio Miura died on February 23, 2003 at Saint Louise Regional Hospital, in Gilroy at the age of 66.
He is survived by his brothers, Akio, Masami (Daisy) Miura, all of Gilroy; and sister Aiko (George) Yamane of Monterey Park, CA.
Sources: San Jose Mercury News on March 4, 2003
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