Yi U

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Yi U
Prince of Korea Head of Unhyeon Palace
Prince Yi when serving Japanese Army
Duke of Unhyeongung
Reign	1917–1945
Predecessor	Yi Jun-yong
Successor	Yi Cheong
Born	(1912-11-15)15 November 1912 Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (today Seoul, South Korea)
Died	7 August 1945(1945-08-07) (aged 32) Ninoshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Burial	15 August 1945 Heungwon
Spouse	Lady Park Chan-ju (m. 1935)
Issue	Yi Cheong Yi Jong
Father	Prince Imperial Ui
Mother	Lady Suin, concubine
Military career
Allegiance	Japan
Service / branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1933–1945
Rank	Colonel (posthumous)
Unit	Information officer, China; GSO at Hiroshima
Battles / wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Second World War Home Front Atomic bombing of Hiroshima †
Awards	Order of the Chrysanthemum Showa Enthronement Medal (1928) Tokyo Earthquake Rehabilitation Medal (1930) Japanese Red Cross Order of Merit China Incident Medal (1937)

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^{[clarification needed]} 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.