Kim Suk-won (general)

Kim Suk-won
Kim Suk-won in 1955
Born(1893-09-29)29 September 1893
Seoul, Joseon
Died6 August 1978(1978-08-06) (aged 84)
Seoul, South Korea
AllegianceEmpire of Japan/Republic of Korea
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Army
Republic of Korea Army
Years of service1915–1945
1948–1950, 1950–1956
RankMajor general
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Korean War
Kim Suk-won
Japanese name
Kanji金山錫源
Transcriptions
RomanizationKaneyama Sakugen
Korean name
Hangul김석원
Hanja金錫源
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationGim Seogwon
McCune–ReischauerKim Sŏgwŏn

Kim Suk-won (29 September 1893 – 6 August 1978) was a Korean officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Kim was one of the highest-ranking ethnic Koreans in the Japanese Army during the Second World War. He later became a general in the Republic of Korea Army during the Korean War.


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