Battle of Old Baldy

Battle of Old Baldy
Part of the Korean War

Map of the Old Baldy area
DateJune 26, 1952 – March 26, 1953
Location
Yeoncheon County, Korea, 38°13′43″N 127°0′13″E / 38.22861°N 127.00361°E / 38.22861; 127.00361
Result Korean victory in 1952 action
Chinese victory in 1953 action
Belligerents

 South Korea
 United Nations

 China
Strength
38,000[citation needed] 20,000[citation needed]
Casualties and losses
US:
1,952 casualties
307 killed[1]
Colombian:
97 killed[2]
33 Wounded
3,000+ killed and wounded[citation needed]

The Battle of Old Baldy was a series of five engagements for Hill 266 in west-central Korea. They occurred over a period of 10 months in 1952–1953, though there was also vicious fighting both before and after these engagements.

  1. ^ "Old Baldy, Hill 266, sometimes called Suicide Hill, Setting up Barbed Wire Entanglements". www.koreanwaronline.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  2. ^ Alvaro Valencia Tovar, Gabriel Puyana García (2003) En Corea por la Libertad y la Gloria, Imprenta de las Fuerzas Militares, Bogotá, ISBN 958-33-5419-8