Yutaka Fujikado

Yutaka Fujikado and his family (including sister Katsuko) were incarcerated in Puyallup and Minidoka. He left Minidoka in the fall of 1943 and worked as a farm laborer in White Oak, Georgia. Fujikado enlisted the Army in 1944, trained at Camp Savage (Alabama) and graduated from the Military Intelligence School at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He served in military intelligence until 1947.

He then returned to Seattle and resumed his education graduating with a degree in pharmacy from the University of Washington. He owned his own pharmacy, Murphy’s Pharmacy, in Seattle for many years and later worked as a pharmacist for Fred Meyer.

Yutaka Fujikado married Sueyeko (Sue) Murakami in December 1947 at the Japanese Persbyterian Church in Seattle.

Yutaka Fujikado died on August 11, 1993.

Born:
Date of Birth: June 16, 1921
Assembly Center: Puyallup
Relocation Camp: Minidoka
Military: Military Intelligence
College: University of Washington
Profession: Pharmacist
Lived: White Oak GA
Lived: Camp Savage AL
Lived: Fort Snelling MN
Lived: Seattle WA
Died: Seattle WA
Date of Death: August 11, 1993

Obituary:
Additional Sources: Testimony submitted for the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981.