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10. BELGIUM
The Kingdom of Belgium participated in the Korean War from January 1951 to June 1955. Prime Minister Joseph Pholien sent one infantry battalion. The Belgian United Nations Command (BUNC) fought in key battles, such as the Battle of the Imjin River, and popularized the phrase “Belgians can do too!”
In total, Belgium deployed 3,498 soldiers and suffered 440 casualties. According to the statistics provided by the South Korean government, there were 99 killed in action, 336 wounded in action, 4 missing in action, and 1 prisoner of war.
The Korean War Memorial in Belgium is located in Brussels at the Korean Square. The names of the fallen are engraved in a memorial in this residential area.
See photos of the Memorial and videos of the veterans at https://koreanwarmemorials.com/memorial/belgium-brussels/
Belgium was my country #10. I traveled to Brussels from February 27, 2017 to March 2, 2017.