Yi U

Colonel Prince Yi U (Korean: 이우; 15 November 1912 7 August 1945) was a member of the imperial family of Korea as a prince, the 4th head of Unhyeon Palace, and a lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was killed during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Yi U
Prince of Korea
Head of Unhyeon Palace
Prince Yi when serving Japanese Army
Duke of Unhyeongung
Reign1917–1945
PredecessorYi Jun-yong
SuccessorYi Cheong
Born(1912-11-15)15 November 1912
Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea
(today Seoul, South Korea)
Died7 August 1945(1945-08-07) (aged 32)
Ninoshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Burial15 August 1945
Heungwon
SpouseLady Park Chan-ju (m. 1935)
IssueYi Cheong
Yi Jong
FatherPrince Imperial Ui
MotherLady Suin, concubine
Military career
Allegiance Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1933–1945
RankColonel (posthumous)
UnitInformation officer, China; GSO at Hiroshima
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Second World War
AwardsOrder of the Chrysanthemum
Showa Enthronement Medal (1928)
Tokyo Earthquake Rehabilitation Medal (1930)
Japanese Red Cross Order of Merit
China Incident Medal (1937)
Yi U
Hangul
이우
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI U
McCune–ReischauerYi U
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