Tachibana died in this battle, and posthumously he was promoted to the Lieutenant Colonel of the Infantry Regiment of Army and conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette and the Order of Golden Kite, Fourth Class.
橘はその戦闘で死亡し、同日付で陸軍歩兵中佐に進級し勲四等旭日小綬章及功四級金鵄勲章を賜った。