<P> Shōichi Yokoi ( 横井 庄 一 , Yokoi Shōichi , March 31 , 1915 -- September 22 , 1997 ) was a Japanese sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army ( IJA ) during the Second World War . He was among the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945 , discovered in the jungles of Guam on 24 January 1972 , almost 28 years after US forces had regained control of the island in 1944 . </P>
<P> Shōichi Yokoi ( 横井 庄 一 , Yokoi Shōichi , March 31 , 1915 -- September 22 , 1997 ) was a Japanese sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army ( IJA ) during the Second World War . He was among the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945 , discovered in the jungles of Guam on 24 January 1972 , almost 28 years after US forces had regained control of the island in 1944 . </P>
when was the last japanese soldier found on guam
when was the last japanese soldier found on guam
24 January 1972
24 January 1972