Young-Oak Kim

Military Person

1919 – 2005

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Who was Young-Oak Kim?

Colonel Young-Oak Kim, a highly-decorated U.S. Army combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was a member of the U.S. 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and a combat leader in Italy and France during World War II. He was awarded 19 medals, including the Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Stars, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Medal of Military Valor, a Légion d'honneur, a Croix de guerre, and the Korean Taeguk Cordon of the Order of Military Merit. He died of cancer at the age of 86.

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Born
Jan 29, 1919
Los Angeles
Siblings
Ethnicity
  • Asian American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
Dec 29, 2005
Los Angeles

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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