Cho Chang-ho 조창호 | |
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Born | Pyongyang, Heian'nan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan | 2 October 1930
Died | 19 November 2006 Seoul, South Korea | (aged 76)
Service | Republic of Korea Army |
Years of service | 1950-1951, 1951-1994 (as POW) |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Battles / wars |
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Cho Chang-ho | |
Hangul | 조창호 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Cho Chang-ho |
McCune–Reischauer | Cho Ch'angho |
Cho Chang-ho (Korean: 조창호; October 2, 1930 – November 19, 2006) was a South Korean military officer who served South Korea, during the Korean War.
Cho Chang-ho is known as the first South Korean POW to escape from North Korea after the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953.[1]