Fusanosuke Gotō, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fusanosuke Gotō

Japanese soldier, survivor of Hakkōda Mountains incident

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1879

Place of Birth: Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 31-Jul-1924

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Fusanosuke Goto (?? ???, Goto Fusanosuke, November 15, 1879 in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture – July 30, 1924 in Kurihara) was a soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army memorialized by the Memorial Statue of the Hakkoda Death March in Aomori, Japan. In January 1902, 210 soldiers in the 5th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion became trapped on the Hakkoda Mountains; this was the start of the Hakkoda Mountains incident.
Search parties discovered Goto.
The discovery led to the rescue of the other soldiers.
His arms and legs were amputated as a result of frostbite. After the incident, he retired from the army, returned to his hometown, became a member of the village assembly, and later died from cerebral hemorrhage.In Jiro Nitta's Death March on Mount Hakkoda: A Documentary Novel, a semi-fictional account of the disaster, Goto is portrayed by the character Corporal Eto.