World War II Medal of Honor recipient William Kenzo Nakamura

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Japanese American Medal of Honor recipient United States Army soldier World War II veteran human

World War II Medal of Honor recipient William Kenzo Nakamura was a Japanese American U.S. Army soldier of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team who displayed extraordinary heroism in combat in Italy, for which he was posthumously awarded the nation’s highest military decoration.

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Label	Occurrences
Japanese American war hero William Kenzo Nakamura	1
World War II Medal of Honor recipient William Kenzo Nakamura canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese American ⓘ Medal of Honor recipient ⓘ United States Army soldier ⓘ World War II veteran ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ Medal of Honor ⓘ
burialPlace	Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle ⓘ surface form: Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, Washington
commemoratedBy	William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse ⓘ surface form: William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1922-01-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1944-07-04 ⓘ
decorationUpgradedTo	Medal of Honor ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Japanese American ⓘ
familyName	Nakamura ⓘ
foughtFor	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
hasMemorial	U.S. Courthouse, Seattle ⓘ surface form: United States Courthouse in Seattle named in his honor
heritage	Japanese descent ⓘ
honoredIn	Medal of Honor ceremonies for Asian American World War II veterans ⓘ
isPartOf	Japanese American soldiers in World War II ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	killed in action ⓘ
middleName	Kenzo ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
militaryUnit	442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	bravery under fire while covering withdrawal of his platoon ⓘ single-handedly engaging enemy positions in Italy ⓘ
occupation	soldier ⓘ
originalDecoration	Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	near Castellina, Italy ⓘ
posthumousAward	Medal of Honor ⓘ
rank	Private First Class ⓘ
reasonForAward	extraordinary heroism in combat in Italy ⓘ
servedIn	European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ surface form: European Theater of Operations Italy ⓘ
serviceNumberStatus	killed during active service ⓘ
theaterOfWar	Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign
unitNickname	Go for Broke ⓘ surface form: Go for Broke (442nd RCT nickname)
wasBornIn	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Seattle, Washington

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William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse → namedAfter → World War II Medal of Honor recipient William Kenzo Nakamura ⓘ

William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse → honors → World War II Medal of Honor recipient William Kenzo Nakamura ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese American war hero William Kenzo Nakamura