United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea

Korea (South) / Pusan / Daeyeon-dong
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The United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea is the only one of its kind in the world. Here rest heroic brave soldiers from a number of UN nations that sacrificed their lives for world peace and freedom. During the Korean War (June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953), there were 40,896 UN casualties from 17 nations.

Approximately 11,000 were interred at the cemetery between 1951~1954. There are currently 2,300 at the cemetery, including Korean soldiers who fell as members of the UN troops. Most were repatriated home; Belgium, Colombia, Ethiopia, Greece, Luxembourg, Philippines and Thailand have taken back all of their expatriates. The USA, who had the highest number of casualties in the war, took all of their fallen home soon afterwards. However, 36 members of the UNC dispatched from the USA and stationed in Korea after the war, who died and wished to be interred at the cemetery, also remain here at the cemetery.

The Parliament of Korea, in order to honor the services and sacrifices made by the UN forces during the Korean War, provided this land for permanent use by the UN as a cemetery in August 1955. The General Assembly accepted the proposal and UN Resolution #977 to establish a United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea became effective in December of 1955.



www.unmck.or.kr/
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Coordinates:   35°7'39"N   129°5'50"E

Comments

  • Looking forward to visiting next month. I've been to Busan three times and never knew this cemetery existed until the Fireworks festival when we sat next to someone who had visited earlier that day. Thanks for the additional information.
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