United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea

Flags of the 16 nations who fought as part of the United Nations force against communist aggression

“

We inscribe your names in our land with appreciation. We engrave your names on our hearts with love.

”

Entrance plaque to the memorial

The United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea is located in the South Korean city of Pusan and commemorates the dead soldiers of 16 countries who fell during the Korean War between 1951 and 1953. It is the only U.N. memorial park in the world.

Although the United States, France, Norway and Thailand mostly repatriated the bodies of their heroes, 2,3000 allied servicemen are buried in the memorial gardens.

Nation	Combatants	Killed/Missing in action	Interred at UNMCK
Australia	8,407	346	281
Canada	27,000	516	278
France	3,760	270	44
Netherlands	5,320	124	117
New Zealand	5,350	41	34
Norway	623	3	1
South Africa	900	37	11
Turkey	14,936	1,005	462
United Kingdom	56,000	1,177	885
United States	1,600,000	36,492	36
Belgium	3,590	106
Colombia	5,100	213
Ethiopia	3,518	122
Greece	4,440	186
Luxembourg	89	2
Philippines	7,500	120
Thailand	6,326	136
Italy	185
Denmark	630
India	346
Sweden	380
Total UN Troops	1,75540,400	40,896
Unknown			4
Non-combatants			11
South Korea			36
Total at UNMCK			2300

Australian memorial

Canadian memorial

Some of the 885 British graves