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Yeiki Kobashigawa was born on 28 September, 1917 in Hilo, Territory of Hawaii, is an A United States Army Medal of Honor recipients. Discover Yeiki Kobashigawa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?
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Hilo, Territory of Hawaii |
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2005 |
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Waianae, Hawaii |
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United States
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Yeiki Kobashigawa (小橋川 栄喜, September 28, 1917 – March 31, 2005) was a soldier in United States Army.
He is best known for receiving the Medal of Honor in World War II.
Kobashigawa was born in Hilo, Hawaii, on September 28, 1917.
He is the son of immigrants who were born in Okinawa, Japan.
He is a Nisei, which means that he is a second generation Japanese-American.
One month before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Kobashigawa joined the United States Army in November 1941.
For his actions in June 1944, Kobashigawa was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
He led his squad in destroying several German machine gun nests.
"Technical Sergeant Yeiki Kobashigawa distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 2 June 1944, in the vicinity of Lanuvio, Italy. During an attack, Technical Sergeant Kobashigawa's platoon encountered strong enemy resistance from a series of machine guns providing supporting fire. Observing a machine gun nest 50 yards from his position, Technical Sergeant Kobashigawa crawled forward with one of his men, threw a grenade and then charged the enemy with his submachine gun while a fellow soldier provided covering fire. He killed one enemy soldier and captured two prisoners. Meanwhile, Technical Sergeant Kobashigawa and his comrade were fired upon by another machine gun 50 yards ahead. Directing a squad to advance to his first position, Technical Sergeant Kobashigawa again moved forward with a fellow soldier to subdue the second machine gun nest. After throwing grenades into the position, Technical Sergeant Kobashigawa provided close supporting fire while a fellow soldier charged, capturing four prisoners.
On the alert for other machine gun nests, Technical Sergeant Kobashigawa discovered four more, and skillfully led a squad in neutralizing two of them.
Technical Sergeant Kobashigawa's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the United States Army."
This was eventually upgraded to the Medal of Honor upon military review on June 21, 2000.
The review examined whether or not Asian Americans who fought in uniform during the war were treated unfairly due to prejudice.
Twenty-two Americans of Asian ancestry who had fought in World War II were awarded the Medal after the review.
Kobashigawa was one of only a handful still alive in 2000 to receive the Medal during a White House ceremony.
After the war, Kobashigawa worked as a maintenance mechanic.
Kobashigawa died March 31, 2005, and is buried in National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
His grave can be found in the Columbarium Section CT8-E, Row 500, Site 536.
Kobashigawa volunteered to join the all-Nisei 100th Infantry Battalion.
This army unit was mostly made up of Japanese Americans from Hawaii and the mainland.
