Word was received yesterday by the Rev. Leo Tibesar of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church and of Maryknoll School, of the death of Staff Sergt. Philip S. Kinoshita, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Kinoshita, formerly of 1603 Terry Ave., and now in the Japanese relocation center at Hunt, Idaho. Sergeant Kinoshita, an infantryman, lost his life in action on the Italian front.

Reported seriously wounded in the same theatre of war was Pfc. John T. Matsudaira, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Matsudaira, formerly of 524 16th Ave., and now also in the Idaho camp.

Both men joined the service with a group of 35 from Maryknoll School, and, on leaving, were presented with rosaries by Father Tibesar. Both young men recently were received by Pope Pius at the Vatican.

Besides his parents, Sergeant Kinoshita is survived by three sisters, Mary Jane, a student at St. Catherine College in Chicago; Inelda, employed by the Stevens Hotel in Chicago, and Irene, student nurse at St. Francis Hospital in Peoria, Ill. He was a graduate of Maryknoll School and Broadway High School, and attended the University of Washington.