Im Seong-hyun, Director of Gwangju Veterans Affairs Office, Pays Tribute to Late Sergeant Seo Jeong-woo on 'West Sea Defense Day'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju Veterans Affairs Office Chief Pays Tribute to Sergeant Seo Jeong-woo’s Bust on West Sea Defense Day (3.26)

Im Seong-hyun, Chief of the Gwangju Regional Veterans Affairs Office, visited and paid tribute to the bust of the late Sergeant Seo Jeong-woo on the 26th in observance of West Sea Defense Day.

According to the Gwangju Veterans Affairs Office on the 28th, the late Sergeant Seo Jeong-woo died in the Yeonpyeong Island shelling provocation, one of the three major West Sea defense incidents. He was an alumnus of Munseong Middle School in Gwangju, where a bust has been erected in his honor.

Chief Im of the Gwangju Veterans Affairs Office, along with Kim Byeong-nae, Mayor of Nam-gu District, Baek Hyeong-wan, Principal of Munseong Middle School, and heads of seven veterans organizations attended the ceremony to lay flowers and observe a moment of silence.

Sergeant Seo, on November 23, 2010, during the North Korean shelling provocation of Yeonpyeong Island, was waiting at the Yeonpyeong Island pier to board a boat for his leave when the shelling began. He returned to his unit and was killed by shrapnel from enemy shells during his return.

The government posthumously awarded Sergeant Seo the Hwarang Military Merit Medal.

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