United Nations Forces in the Korean War

After the outbreak of Korean War on 25 June 1950, 16 countries (deploying / arrival order): United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands, Canada, France, New Zealand, Philippines, Turkey, Thailand, South Africa, Greece, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ethiopia and Colombia provided combat troops for South Korea and they organized the United Nations Forces.^[1]

Instruction

Source of statistics in this article is the official book about Korean War statistics published by South Korean Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History in June 2014.^[2]^[3]

Statistics in this article may differ from the statistics of each countries.

United States

Units:
U.S. Army:

U.S. Navy:

U.S. Air Force:

U.S. Marine Corps: 1st Marine Division and so on.
Deployment: 27 June 1950 (Air Force, Navy), 1 July 1950 (Army)
First Battle: 5 July 1950
Withdrawal: October 1954 (main force)
Participants: Total about 1,789,000
Casualties
As of 2023,
Recovery of US human remains from the Korean War

As of 2022, according to the list of Wall of Remembrance in the Korean War Veterans Memorial, killed soldiers were 36,634.^[5]^[6] But this figure fluctuate depending on the ongoing correction of list.^[7]^[8]

As of 2021, United States Department of Veterans Affairs^[9]

Killed: 36,574 (Battle Deaths: 33,739, Other Deaths: 2,835)
Wounded: 103,284

As of 2014

Deaths and Woundings	Army	Air Force	Navy	Marine Corps	Total
Total Killed (a+b+c+d+e)	27,728	1,198	492	4,268	36,516
Killed in action (a)	19,754	198	364	3,321	23,637
Killed in Wounding (b)	1,904	16	28	536	2,484
Killed in Missing (c)	3,317	960	97	385	4,759
Killed in POW Camps (d)	2,753	24	3	26	2,806
Other Deathes (e) (Non-battle Deaths)	...	...	...	...	2,830
Wounded	...	...	...	...	92,134^[a] 103,284^[b]

POWs and MIAs	Army	Air Force	Navy	Marine Corps	Total
Total POWs and MIAs (a+b+c+d)					8,123
Total captured POWs(a+b+c)	5,356	926	286	677	7,245
Killed in POW Camps (a)	2,753	24	3	26	2,806
Living POWs (Returned) (b)					4,418
Living POWs (Defectors) (c)					21
Unaccounted (d)	...	...	...	...	931

^ Counted as the 1 person – wounded soldiers with over 2 woundings
^ Counted as the each person – wounded soldiers with over 2 woundings

Mexicans and Puerto Ricans

Many Mexicans and Puerto Ricans served in the United States Army during the Korean War.

United Kingdom

Units:
Deployment: 1 July 1950 (Navy), 28 August 1950 (Army)
First Battle: 4 September 1950
Withdrawal: March 1955 (Navy), 1954–1957 (Army)
Participants: Total about 56,000
Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
1,078	2,674	179	978	4,909

Australia

Units:
Australian Army: Royal Australian Regiment and so on.

Australian Navy: Aircraft carrier (1), Destroyer (2), Frigate
(1)

Australian Air Force: No. 91 (Composite) Wing RAAF

Deployment: 1 July 1950 (
Air Force, Navy), 27 September 1950 (Army
)

First Battle: 5 October 1950

Withdrawal: November 1953 (
Navy), 24 March 1956 (Army
)

Participants: Total 17,164

Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
340	1,216	N/A	28	1,584

Netherlands

Units:
- Royal Netherlands Army: Regiment van Heutsz
- Royal Netherlands Navy: Destroyer (1)
Deployment: 19 July 1950 (Navy), 23 November 1950 (Army)
First Battle: 11 December 1950
Withdrawal: 9 October, 9 November, 6 December 1954 (
Navy
)
Participants: Total 5,322
Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
120	645	N/A	3	768

Canada

Units:
- Canadian Army: Royal Canadian Regiment and so on.
- Royal Canadian Navy: Destroyer (3)
- Royal Canadian Air Force: 426 Transport Training Squadron
Deployment: 28 July 1950 (Air Force), 30 July 1950 (Navy), 18 December 1950 (Army)
First Battle: 15 February 1951
Withdrawal: July 1953 (Air Force), September 1955 (Navy), June 1957 (Army)
Participants: Total 26,791
Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
516	1,212	1	32	1,761

France

Units:
- French Army: French Battalion
- French Navy: French aviso La Grandière
Deployment: 29 July 1950 (Navy), 29 November 1950 (Army)
First Battle: 13 December 1950
Withdrawal: December 1950 (Navy), 22 October 1953 (Army)
Participants: Total 3,421
Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
262	1,008	7	12	1,289

New Zealand

Units:
- New Zealand Army: Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery
- Royal New Zealand Navy: Frigate (6)
Deployment: 30 July 1950 (Navy), 31 December 1950 (Army)
First Battle: 28 January 1951
Withdrawal: 2 March 1954 (Navy), 8 November 1954 (Army)
Participants: Total 3,794
Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
23	79	1	N/A	103

Philippines

Units:
- Philippine Army: Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea
Deployment: 19 September 1950
First Battle: 1 October 1950
Withdrawal: 13 May 1955
Participants: Total 7,420
Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
112	299	16	41	468

Turkey

Units:
- Turkish Army: Turkish Brigade

Deployment: 17 October 1950

First Battle: 12 November 1950

Withdrawal: Summer 1954 (main force), 27 June 1971

Participants: Total 21,212

Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
966	1,155	N/A	244	2,365

Thailand

Units:
Deployment: 7 November 1950 (Army, Navy), 18 June 1951 (Air Force)
First Battle: 22 November 1950
Withdrawal: 1954 (Army) – main force, January 1955 (Navy), 6 November 1964 (Air Force), 23 June 1972 (Army)
Participants: Total 6,326
Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
129	1,139	5	N/A	1,273

South Africa

Units:
- South African Air Force: 2 Squadron SAAF
Deployment: 12 November 1950
First Battle: 19 November 1950
Withdrawal: 29 October 1953
Participants: Total 826
Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
36	N/A	N/A	8	44

Greece

Units:
- Hellenic Army: Greek Expeditionary Force
- Hellenic Air Force: 13th Flight – CTransport Aircraft C-47 (7)
Deployment: 1 December 1950 (Air Force), 9 December 1950 (Army)
First Battle: 5 January 1951
Withdrawal: April 1955 (Air Force), 22 January 1956 (Army) – main force, December 1955 (Army)
Participants: Total 4,992
Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
192	543	N/A	3	738

Belgium

Units:
- Belgian Army: Belgium-Luxembourg Battalion
Deployment: 31 January 1951
First Battle: 6 March 1951
Withdrawal: 15 June 1955
Participants: Total 3,498
Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
99	336	4	1	440

Luxembourg

Units:
- Luxembourg Army: Belgium-Luxembourg Battalion
Deployment: 31 January 1951
First Battle: 13 March 1951
Withdrawal: 7 January 1953
Participants: Total 100
Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
2	13	N/A	N/A	15

Ethiopia

Units:
- Ethiopian Ground Forces: Kagnew Battalion
Deployment: 6 May 1951
First Battle: 11 July 1951
Withdrawal: 3 March 1965
Participants: Total 3,518
Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
122	536	N/A	N/A	658

Colombia

Units:
- Colombian Army: Colombian Battalion
- Colombian Navy: Frigate (1)
Deployment: 8 May 1951 (
Army
)
First Battle: 1 August 1951
Withdrawal: 29 October 1954 (Army), 11 October 1955 (Navy)
Participants: Total 5,100
Casualties

Killed	Wounded	MIA	POW	Total
213	448	N/A	28	689

References

External links

[10] Counted as the 1 person – wounded soldiers with over 2 woundings

[11] Counted as the each person – wounded soldiers with over 2 woundings

[1] 한국전 참전 16개국 기념 조형물을 찾아서

[2] The Statistics of the Korean War – ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2014 (E-BOOK) Archived 2023-07-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)

[3] The Statistics of the Korean War – ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2014 (PDF) Archived 2021-01-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)

[4] "Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency > Our Missing > Past Conflicts". www.dpaa.mil.

[5] The Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembranc

[6] 추모의 벽’ 준공…6·25전사 미군·카투사 4만여명 이름 각인

[7] A Korean War Wall of Remembrance Set Hundreds of Errors in Stone

[8] 워싱턴 '추모의 벽' 전사자 명단 오류와 관련하여 다음과 같이 설명드립니다

[Fact_Sheet:_America's_Wars-9] Fact Sheet: America's Wars" – U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs

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