# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/young-oak-kim
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:55:36.051Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/young-oak-kim"
name: "Young-Oak Kim"
slug: "young-oak-kim"
description: "Young-Oak Kim was a United States Army officer during World War II and the Korean War as well as a civic leader and humanitarian. 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 (posthumously) the Korean Taeguk Cordon of the Order of Military Merit. After his military career, Kim dedicated his life to public service and was an active founder and leader of several non-profit organizations for underserved communities throughout Southern California. He died of cancer at the age of 86. In May 2016, members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus held a press conference, organized by the Council of Korean Americans, to call on President Barack Obama to posthumously award Kim the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom."
tagline: "American military officer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/LTC_Kim_1961.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1919-01-29"
deathDate: "2005-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.5
  momentum:             21.11180904522613
  historical:           6.225673333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2531188/"
    handle:    "nm2531188"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E6%B0%B8%E7%8E%89"
    title: "金永玉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85"
    title: "ياونج واك كيم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young-Oak_Kim"
    title: "Young-Oak Kim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0"
    title: "ヨンオク・キム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%EC%98%81%EC%98%A5_(%EA%B5%B0%EC%9D%B8)"
    title: "김영옥 (군인)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young-Oak_Kim"
    title: "Young-Oak Kim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q495010"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2949460"
    title: "Young Oak Kim"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump