American Battle Monuments Commission

2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 500

Arlington, VA 22201 USA

Manila American Cemetery 

McKinley Road

Global City, Taguig

Republic of Philippines

tel 011-632-844-0212

email manila@abmc.gov

gps N14 32.483 E121 03

UN Memorial Cemetery Korea 

93, UN Pyeonghwa-ro

Nam-gu, Busan, 608-812

Republic of Korea

tel 82-51-625-0625

email unmck@unmck.or.kr

Korean War Monument at Busan

GPS N35 7.657 E129 5.715

American Battle Monuments Commission

This agency of the United States government operates 

and maintains 25 American cemeteries and 26 memorials, 

monuments and markers in 16 countries. The Commission 

works to fulfill the vision of its first chairman, General of 

the Armies John J. Pershing. Pershing, commander of the 

American Expeditionary Forces during World War I, promised 

that “time will not dim the glory of their deeds.”

Korean War

Monument at Busan

The UN Memorial Cemetery is at 93, UN Pyeonghwa-ro, Nam-gu. 

It is a bus stop on the Busan City Tour and on the route of Bus 134. 

(Note: In this brochure, “Pusan” is used for Korean War events, as that was the 

accepted spelling at the time. The spelling was changed to “Busan” in 2000.)

For more information on this site and other 

ABMC commemorative sites, please visit:

www.abmc.gov

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Korean War Monument at Busan

Soldiers of the U.S. 

25th Infantry Division 

search a burned-out 

village in the Naktongni vicinity of the 

Pusan Perimeter, 

August 28, 1950.

Marines of the 1st 

Division fire back at 

Chinese Communist 

Forces during their 

breakout from 

North Korea’s Chosin 

Reservoir area, 

December 7, 1950.

Photo: The National Archives Photo: The National Archives

Twenty-one UN member nations participated on the Republic of 

Korea side in the conflict. The UN Command established its central 

cemetery at this location beginning mid-January 1951. It is the only 

UN memorial cemetery. The cemetery contains 2,300 graves of 

service members from 11 countries; 36 are from the United States. 

The United States contributed 

the greatest number of persons 

to the conflict, 1.7 million, 

of which 33,739 were battle 

deaths. Most were reinterred 

in the United States. 

The U.S. Monument, dedicated 

in 2013, honors American 

service members who fought 

in the Korean War. 

The inscription on the entry 

stone at the threshold of the monument reads:

After World War II, Korea was 

divided into North (under 

Communist control) and South 

(the Republic of Korea) by the 

38th Parallel.

June 25, 1950: North Korean 

units attack across the 38th Parallel.

June 27: UN Security Council urges member states to help the ROK 

repel the invasion. The U.S. leads the UN Command that forms.

July 1: First U.S. combat units arrive. The North Korean offensive 

continues southward before being stopped along the Naktong 

River line.

August 4: The Pusan Perimeter is established.

September 15: A U.S. amphibious assault at Inchon flanks the enemy.

September 16: U.S. Eighth Army surges northward out of the 

Pusan Perimeter.

October 28: Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) enter the conflict, 

reinforcing North Korea.

1951 and 1952: Offensives and counteroffensives by both sides 

drag out the conflict. 

July 27, 1953: An armistice is signed between the UN Command 

and the Chinese North Korean Command.

this monument is to the american men and 

women who gave their lives in defense of the 

freedom of the republic of korea

1950-1953

dedicated by

the american battle monuments commission

2013

The entry stone welcomes visitors. It is 

embedded at the beginning of a short 

stone path to the monument itself. 

Photo: Tom Sole

U.S. Air Force F-86 Sabre jet fighters 

of the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing 

patrol the skies over “MiG-Alley” in 

northwest Korea, May 22, 1953.

Photo: The National Archives

The Korean War

1950-1953