William Kunpei Hosokawa (1915 - 2007)

Born 30 Jan 1915 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Nov 2007 at age 92 in Sequim, Clallam, Washington, United States

Biography

William Hosokawa is Notable.

William Kunpei Hosokawa was born in Seattle, Washington, on 30 January 1915, the son of Japanese immigrants Setsugo Hosokawa and Kimiyo Omura. A Nisei, his Japanese name was Hosokawa Kunpei (細川 勲平). He graduated from Garfield High School in Seattle. He attended the University of Washington, from which he received a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1937.

Bill married Alice Miyake and moved to Asia where he worked for an English-language newspaper in Singapore. He later worked for a magazine in Shanghai, China. Fourteen months after his son was born, Bill moved back to Seattle.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bill and his family were forcibly removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center. They were later moved to the Heart Mountain War Relocation Center in Wyoming, where Bill was appointed as editor of The Heart Mountain Sentinel. He and his family were finally released in 1943, but his experiences with incarceration stayed with him for the rest of his life.

After his release, Bill worked as a copy editor for The Des Moines Register. After World War II ended, he served as a war correspondent for The Denver Post during the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He left The Denver Post in 1984 to work for the Rocky Mountain News for eight years until retiring in 1992. He received several honors for his efforts in journalism.

Bill died on 9 November 2007, at the age of 92, at the home of his daughter in Sequim, Washington. He had outlived his wife, Alice, in 1998, and his son, Peter, in 2007. He had two daughters and one son who outlived him.

Sources

• "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D9TY-XWZM : 22 September 2020), William Kunpei Hosokawa, 1915.
• "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D9TY-XW2M : 22 September 2020), Kunpai Hosokawa, 1915.
• "Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KYKY-B31 : 1 March 2021), Kumpei Hosokawa, 1918; citing Seattle, King, Washington, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1383, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,454,968.
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• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC36-N5T : accessed 2 September 2020), William Hosokawa in household of Setsugo Hosokawa, Seattle, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 175, sheet 4A, line 29, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2500; FHL microfilm 2,342,234.
• "United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WBX5-NLPZ : 29 August 2020), William Kunquai Hosokawa, 1941.
• "United States Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX2R-4X9 : 12 December 2014), William K Hosokawa, 1942-1946; citing Heart Mountain (Cody), person number 16651A, file 700265, NARA NAID 1263921, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLX5-DKQR : 8 February 2019), William Kumpai Hosokawa, 12 Aug 1942; citing roster, family no. 16651, line 2326, NARA microfilm publication M1865 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2001).
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K565-X7D : 27 November 2019), William K Hosokawa, 1960-2009.
• "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLWS-MSDF : 13 July 2017), William K Hosokawa, 09 Nov 2007, Clallam, Washington, United States; from the Department of Health, Death Index, 1907-1960; 1965-2014, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives (https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/472 : n.d.); Citing Washington State Department of Health.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JG2T-2MP : 23 August 2020), William K Hosokawa, 09 Nov 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See also:

• Wikipedia: Bill Hosokawa
• Wikidata: Item Q4909491, en:Wikipedia