Yoon Jang-ho
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In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon.
Yoon Jang-ho (Korean: 윤장호; Hanja: 尹章豪; September 21, 1980 – February 27, 2007) was a South Korean soldier.
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Yoon Jang-ho | |
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Born | (1980-09-21)September 21, 1980 Seoul, South Korea |
Died | February 27, 2007(2007-02-27) (aged 26) Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan |
Allegiance | South Korea |
Service/ | Republic of Korea Army |
Unit | Special Warfare Command |
Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan |
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Yoon was staff sergeant (posthumous) serving as an English translator in Afghanistan as a member of the Task Force Dasan, a dispatched engineering unit of the Republic of Korea Army. He was killed during the suicide bomb attack on a military base in Bagram on February 27, 2007. The attack occurred at the front gate, where he was waiting to greet two local residents into the base. Yoon is the first member of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces to be killed by enemy action since the Vietnam War.