Cho Chang-ho (military officer)

Cho Chang-ho
조창호
Born(1930-10-02)2 October 1930
Pyongyang, Heian'nan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died19 November 2006(2006-11-19) (aged 76)
Seoul, South Korea
Service / branch Republic of Korea Army
Years of service 1950-1951, 1951-1994 (as POW)
Rank Lieutenant
Battles / wars
Cho Chang-ho
Hangul
조창호
Hanja
Revised RomanizationCho Chang-ho
McCune–ReischauerCho Ch'angho

Cho Chang-ho (Korean조창호; 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]