* This page records hostile and non-hostile overseas casualties of the

Republic of Korea Armed Forces The Republic of Korea Armed Forces (), also known as the ROK Armed Forces, are the armed forces of South Korea. The ROK Armed Forces is one of the largest and most powerful standing armed forces in the world with a reported personnel strength of ...

since the end of the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...

. * The star sign indicates that there are uncertainty of measuring exact age due to Korean age system. * The rank is honored posthumously in most cases. The rank system of Republic of Korea Armed Forces will be recognized. * The cause of death is the official conclusion of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. * The place of death is recorded as the official name when the event has taken. {, class="wikitable" align="center" !rowspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE", Date !colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE", Personal Information !colspan="3" style="background:#B0C4DE", Military Information !colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE", Casualty Information !rowspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE", Notes , - ! style="background:#B0C4DE", Name (Last First) ! style="background:#B0C4DE", Age ! style="background:#B0C4DE", Rank ! style="background:#B0C4DE", Unit ! style="background:#B0C4DE", Branch ! style="background:#B0C4DE", Cause of Death ! style="background:#B0C4DE", Place of Death , - , 1995-09-13 , Choe Myeong-seok , 36* , Joongryeong (LTC) , United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia ,

Republic of Korea Army The Republic of Korea Army (ROKA; ko, 대한민국 육군; Hanja: 大韓民國陸軍; RR: ''Daehanminguk Yuk-gun''), also known as the ROK Army or South Korean Army, is the army of South Korea, responsible for ground-based warfare. It is the l ...

, non-hostile - natural disaster , Pitsunda, Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia , , - , 2002-05-12 , Jeong Kyeong-moon , 40* , Joongryeong (LTC) ,

United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan The United Nations has played an advisory role in maintaining peace and order in the Kashmir region soon after the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947, when a dispute erupted between the two States on the question of Jammu and Kashmir. Indi ...

, non-hostile - illness , Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea , , - , 2003-01-27 , Kim Hyo-seong , 33* , Daewi (CPT) , 924th Medical Assistance Unit,

International Security Assistance Force ' ps, کمک او همکاري ' , allies = Afghanistan , opponents = Taliban Al-Qaeda , commander1 = , commander1_label = Commander , commander2 = , commander2_label = , commander3 = , comman ...

, non-hostile - friendly fire , Bagram, Parwan Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan , , - , 2003-03-06 , Min Byeong-jo , 38* , Joongryeong (LTC) , Task Force Sangroksu,

United Nations Mission in East Timor The United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) was established by Security Council Resolution 1246 on 11 June 1999 for a period up to 31 August 1999. By Security Council Resolution 1257 of 3 August UNAMET was extended to 30 September 1999. ...

, non-hostile - natural disaster , Oecusse District, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste , , - , 2003-03-06 , Bak Jin-gyu , 35* , Joongryeong (LTC) , Task Force Sangroksu,

, non-hostile - natural disaster , Oecusse District, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste , , - , 2003-03-06 , Kim Jeong-joong , 22* , Byeongjang (SGT) , Task Force Sangroksu,

, non-hostile - natural disaster , Oecusse District, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste , , - , 2003-03-06 , Baek Jong-hoon , 23* , Byeongjang (SGT) , Task Force Sangroksu,

, non-hostile - natural disaster , Oecusse District, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste , , - , 2003-03-06 , Choe Heui , 22* , Byeongjang (SGT) , Task Force Sangroksu,

, non-hostile - natural disaster , Oecusse District, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste , , - , 2007-02-27 ,

Yoon Jang-ho Yoon Jang-ho ( ko, 윤장호; Hanja: 尹章豪; September 21, 1980 – February 27, 2007) was a South Korean soldier. Yoon was staff sergeant (posthumous) serving as an English translator in Afghanistan as a member of the Task Force Dasan, a di ...

, 26 , Hasa (SSG) , 100th Construction Engineer Unit,

, hostile - suicide bomb , Bagram, Parwan Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan , , - , 2007-05-19 , Oh Jong-soo , 25 , Joongwi (1LT) ,

Zaytun Division The Zaytun Division ( ko, 자이툰 부대; ku, Tîpa Zeytûnê) was a Republic of Korea Army contingent operating in Iraq from September 2004 to December 2008, carrying out peacekeeping and other reconstruction-related tasks as South Korea's con ...

Multi-National Force – Iraq The Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF–I), often referred to as the Coalition forces, was a military command during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and much of the ensuing Iraq War, led by the United States of America ( Operation Iraqi Freedom), Unit ...

, non-hostile - suicide , Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Republic of Iraq , , - , 2008-03-03 , Bak Hyeong-jin , 50* , Daeryeong (COL) , United Nations Mission in Nepal ,

, non-hostile - helicopter crash , Ramechhap District, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal , , - , 2014-04-15 , Ha (first name unknown) , 22* , Hasa (PO1) , Task Force Cheonghae,

Combined Task Force 151 Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) is a multinational naval task force, set up in 2009 as a response to piracy attacks in the Gulf of Aden and off the eastern coast of Somalia. Its mission is to disrupt piracy and armed robbery at sea and to enga ...

Republic of Korea Navy The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN; ko, 대한민국 해군), also known as the ROK Navy or South Korean Navy, is the naval warfare service branch of the South Korean armed forces, responsible for naval and amphibious operations. The ROK Navy in ...

, missing in action , off

Mukalla Mukalla ( ar, ٱلْمُكَلَّا, ') is a seaport and the capital city of Yemen's largest governorate, Hadhramaut. The city is in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula on the Gulf of Aden, on the shores of the Arabian Sea, about east of ...

Republic of Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and sha ...

Gulf of Aden The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅𐒖𐒐𐒕𐒌 𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒗𐒒) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channe ...

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References

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