UN Allied Forces flags at the War Museum in Korea

 

Image Source MPVA

 

16 UN Nations

United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, Turkey,

Australia, Thailand, Philippines, France, Greece, News Zealand,

Netherlands, Columbia, Belgium, Ethiopia, South Africa, Luxemburg

 

Combat Forces UN

 

   South Korea – 590,911

 

         

 United States – 302, 483

 

Canada – 26, 791

 

Australia – 17,000

 

United Kingdom – 14, 198

 

Thailand – 6,326

 

Ethiopia – 6,007

 

 

Turkey – 5,453

 

Philippines – 1,468

 

New Zealand – 1,385

 

Greece – 1,263

 

France – 1,119

 

Colombia – 1,068

 

Belgium – 900

 

South Africa – 826

 

 

Netherlands – 819

 

Luxembourg – 44

 

Humanitarian Aid

 

Denmark – 600

 

India

 

Italy (68th Field Hospital) -71

 

Norway

 

Sweden

 

Casualties: 

 

Country Total KIA WIA MIA POW
US

137,250

36,940

92,134

3,737

4,439

UK

4,908 1,078 2,674 179 977
Turkey 3,216

741

2,068

163 244
Australia

1,584

339 1,216 3 26
Canada 1,557 312 1,212 1 32
France 1,289 262 1,008 7 12
Thailand

1,273

129 1,139 5
Netherlands 768 120 645 3
Greece 738

192

543 3
Ethiopia 657 121 536
Colombia 639 163 448 28

Belgium

440

99 336 4 1
 Philippines 398 112 229 16 41
New Zealand 103

23

79 1

 

 

 

 

Frank Anderson, US Korean War Veteran, Major (Ret’d) Don Kennedy

 

 

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