Jeong Bal
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Jeong Bal was a Korean colonel
who was placed command over a garrison at Busan port. He was killed in action in 1592 while defending the garrison from elements of the Japanese vanguard, led by the Christian warlord Konishi Yukinaga
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His entire battalion was overrun and massacred by the Japanese forces. He was the first high ranking officer to be killed in combat during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598).
He was enshrined in the Chungnyeolsa (Busan)
in 1624.
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
who was placed command over a garrison at Busan port. He was killed in action in 1592 while defending the garrison from elements of the Japanese vanguard, led by the Christian warlord Konishi Yukinaga
Konishi Yukinaga
Konishi Yukinaga was a Kirishitan daimyō under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was the son of a wealthy Sakai merchant, Konishi Ryūsa...
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His entire battalion was overrun and massacred by the Japanese forces. He was the first high ranking officer to be killed in combat during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598).
He was enshrined in the Chungnyeolsa (Busan)
Chungnyeolsa (Busan)
Chungnyeolsa is a sacred shrine, where the spirits of the patriotic martyrs in Busan region, who have bravely fought against the Japanese troops in the battles under the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592 and died heroic deaths, are enshrined....
in 1624.