Park Dong-hyuk (soldier)
translating from https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%95%EB%8F%99%ED%98%81_(%EA%B5%B0%EC%9D%B8), took help from my wife who is fluent in korean. Trying to create articles for the martyrs of the Yeonpyeong battle.
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{{Infobox military person
| name = Park Dong-hyeok
| birth_date = {{birth date|1981|08|24}}
| birth_place = Gojan-ri, Suam-myeon, Siheung County, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|9|20|1981|8|24}}
| death_place = Capital Armed Forces Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
| allegiance = {{navy|South Korea}}
| relations = Park Nam-jun (father), Lee Gyeong-jin (mother)
| serviceyears = 2001 - 2002
| rank = [[File:해군 병장.JPG|25px]] [[Republic of Korea Navy]] [[Staff Sergeant]] (posthumous promotion)
| commands = Medical corpsman, ROKS Cheonan
Medical corpsman-in-charge, Patrol Killer Coastal 357
| battles = [[Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]]
| awards = [[Chungmu Order of Military Merit]] (posthumous, 2002)
Honorary Associate Degree in Dental Technology, Wonkwang Health Science University (posthumous, February 2003)
}}
'''Park Dong-hyeok''' (박동혁, 朴東赫; August 24, 1981 - September 20, 2002) was a [[Republic of Korea Navy]] sailor who was mortally wounded during the [[Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]] on June 29, 2002.
He is perhaps best remembered not for his rank, which was modest, but for what came after. The [[Republic of Korea Navy]], in an almost unprecedented gesture, named one of its [[Yun Yeong-ha-class patrol killer medium|patrol vessels]] after him. In the entire history of the Korean naval fleet, no warship had ever been named after an enlisted sailor rather than an officer or petty officer. Park Dong-hyeok's ship remains the only one.
==Life==
Park was born on August 24, 1981, in Gojan-ri, Suam-myeon, Siheung County, Gyeonggi-do, the eldest of two sons born to Park Nam-jun and Lee Gyeong-jin. The area is now part of [[Gojan-dong, Ansan|Gojan-dong]], [[Danwon-gu]], [[Ansan]].
He graduated from Gyeongan High School in Gyeonggi-do and enrolled in the dental technology program at [[Wonkwang Health Science University]] in 2000, though he took a leave of absence before completing his studies. In February 2001, he was conscripted into the Republic of Korea Navy as the 456th recruit class, training as a medical corpsman. He was first assigned to [[ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772)|ROKS Cheonan]], then transferred in April 2002 to Patrol Killer Coastal 357, a [[Chamsuri-class patrol boat]].
On June 29, 2002, the [[Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]] broke out in the [[Yellow Sea]]. Park was in the middle of treating wounded crewmates when he was hit by over a hundred rounds of gunfire and shrapnel. He kept going for as long as he could.
After the battle ended, he was evacuated to the [[Capital Armed Forces Hospital]] in Seongnam. He held on for 84 days.
Three days before he died, he was posthumously awarded the [[Chungmu Order of Military Merit]] alongside [[Yun Yeong-ha]], the lieutenant commander who had commanded PKC-357 and was killed in the battle itself. Park Dong-hyeok died on September 20, 2002. He was 21 years old.
His remains were interred at the [[Daejeon National Cemetery]].
In 2007, a bust of Park was erected at the [[Republic of Korea Armed Forces Medical School]] at [[Jaunae]].{{r|munhwa2007}} In 2003, [[Wonkwang Health Science University]] posthumously awarded him the honorary associate degree he never got to finish.{{sfn}} One of the [[Yun Yeong-ha-class patrol killer medium]] vessels commissioned to commemorate the battle and its fallen was named ''ROKS Park Dong-hyeok'' in his honor.{{r|herald2012}} It remains, to this day, the only ship in the history of the Republic of Korea Navy to bear the name of an enlisted sailor.
==See also==
* [[Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]]
* [[Yun Yeong-ha]]
* [[Lee Hui-wan (military)|Lee Hui-wan]]
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
{{cite news |url=http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=20070629010333430580011 |title=Bust of the late Sergeant Park Dong-hyeok erected at the Armed Forces Medical School |author=Kim Chang-hee |date=2007-06-29 |publisher=Munhwa Ilbo |access-date=2013-03-29 |language=ko}}
{{cite news |url=http://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20121026000558&md=20121029003147_AO |title='Shield of God' Aegis warships: tracking 1,000 targets, striking 20 simultaneously |author=Kim Su-han |date=2012-10-26 |publisher=Herald Economy |access-date=2013-03-29 |language=ko}}
}}
==External links==
* [https://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?cid=200000000&docId=1368683&mobile&categoryId=200001524 Naver Encyclopedia: Park Dong-hyeok] {{ko icon}}
* [https://www.dnc.go.kr/_prog/_board/?mode=V&no=36653&code=merit&site_dvs_cd=kr&menu_dvs_cd=0208&s_post_dvs_cd=&skey=wrt&sval=%EB%B0%95%EB%8F%99%ED%98%81&GotoPage= Daejeon National Cemetery merit record: Navy Sergeant Park Dong-hyeok] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305120950/https://www.dnc.go.kr/_prog/_board/?mode=V&no=36653&code=merit&site_dvs_cd=kr&menu_dvs_cd=0208&s_post_dvs_cd=&skey=wrt&sval=%EB%B0%95%EB%8F%99%ED%98%81&GotoPage=}} {{ko icon}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020094251/http://mpva.tistory.com/1924 Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs official blog: Sergeant Park Dong-hyeok, who fulfilled his duty until the very end] {{ko icon}}
* [http://news.donga.com/3/all/20100524/28547743/1 The tears of Sergeant Park Dong-hyeok's parents] {{ko icon}}
[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Ansan]]
[[Category:Republic of Korea Navy personnel]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Chungmu Order of Military Merit]]
[[Category:People killed in action]]
[[Category:Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]]
[[Category:South Korean military personnel]]
| name = Park Dong-hyeok
| birth_date = {{birth date|1981|08|24}}
| birth_place = Gojan-ri, Suam-myeon, Siheung County, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|9|20|1981|8|24}}
| death_place = Capital Armed Forces Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
| allegiance = {{navy|South Korea}}
| relations = Park Nam-jun (father), Lee Gyeong-jin (mother)
| serviceyears = 2001 - 2002
| rank = [[File:해군 병장.JPG|25px]] [[Republic of Korea Navy]] [[Staff Sergeant]] (posthumous promotion)
| commands = Medical corpsman, ROKS Cheonan
Medical corpsman-in-charge, Patrol Killer Coastal 357
| battles = [[Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]]
| awards = [[Chungmu Order of Military Merit]] (posthumous, 2002)
Honorary Associate Degree in Dental Technology, Wonkwang Health Science University (posthumous, February 2003)
}}
'''Park Dong-hyeok''' (박동혁, 朴東赫; August 24, 1981 - September 20, 2002) was a [[Republic of Korea Navy]] sailor who was mortally wounded during the [[Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]] on June 29, 2002.
He is perhaps best remembered not for his rank, which was modest, but for what came after. The [[Republic of Korea Navy]], in an almost unprecedented gesture, named one of its [[Yun Yeong-ha-class patrol killer medium|patrol vessels]] after him. In the entire history of the Korean naval fleet, no warship had ever been named after an enlisted sailor rather than an officer or petty officer. Park Dong-hyeok's ship remains the only one.
==Life==
Park was born on August 24, 1981, in Gojan-ri, Suam-myeon, Siheung County, Gyeonggi-do, the eldest of two sons born to Park Nam-jun and Lee Gyeong-jin. The area is now part of [[Gojan-dong, Ansan|Gojan-dong]], [[Danwon-gu]], [[Ansan]].
He graduated from Gyeongan High School in Gyeonggi-do and enrolled in the dental technology program at [[Wonkwang Health Science University]] in 2000, though he took a leave of absence before completing his studies. In February 2001, he was conscripted into the Republic of Korea Navy as the 456th recruit class, training as a medical corpsman. He was first assigned to [[ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772)|ROKS Cheonan]], then transferred in April 2002 to Patrol Killer Coastal 357, a [[Chamsuri-class patrol boat]].
On June 29, 2002, the [[Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]] broke out in the [[Yellow Sea]]. Park was in the middle of treating wounded crewmates when he was hit by over a hundred rounds of gunfire and shrapnel. He kept going for as long as he could.
After the battle ended, he was evacuated to the [[Capital Armed Forces Hospital]] in Seongnam. He held on for 84 days.
Three days before he died, he was posthumously awarded the [[Chungmu Order of Military Merit]] alongside [[Yun Yeong-ha]], the lieutenant commander who had commanded PKC-357 and was killed in the battle itself. Park Dong-hyeok died on September 20, 2002. He was 21 years old.
His remains were interred at the [[Daejeon National Cemetery]].
In 2007, a bust of Park was erected at the [[Republic of Korea Armed Forces Medical School]] at [[Jaunae]].{{r|munhwa2007}} In 2003, [[Wonkwang Health Science University]] posthumously awarded him the honorary associate degree he never got to finish.{{sfn}} One of the [[Yun Yeong-ha-class patrol killer medium]] vessels commissioned to commemorate the battle and its fallen was named ''ROKS Park Dong-hyeok'' in his honor.{{r|herald2012}} It remains, to this day, the only ship in the history of the Republic of Korea Navy to bear the name of an enlisted sailor.
==See also==
* [[Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]]
* [[Yun Yeong-ha]]
* [[Lee Hui-wan (military)|Lee Hui-wan]]
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
{{cite news |url=http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=20070629010333430580011 |title=Bust of the late Sergeant Park Dong-hyeok erected at the Armed Forces Medical School |author=Kim Chang-hee |date=2007-06-29 |publisher=Munhwa Ilbo |access-date=2013-03-29 |language=ko}}
{{cite news |url=http://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20121026000558&md=20121029003147_AO |title='Shield of God' Aegis warships: tracking 1,000 targets, striking 20 simultaneously |author=Kim Su-han |date=2012-10-26 |publisher=Herald Economy |access-date=2013-03-29 |language=ko}}
}}
==External links==
* [https://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?cid=200000000&docId=1368683&mobile&categoryId=200001524 Naver Encyclopedia: Park Dong-hyeok] {{ko icon}}
* [https://www.dnc.go.kr/_prog/_board/?mode=V&no=36653&code=merit&site_dvs_cd=kr&menu_dvs_cd=0208&s_post_dvs_cd=&skey=wrt&sval=%EB%B0%95%EB%8F%99%ED%98%81&GotoPage= Daejeon National Cemetery merit record: Navy Sergeant Park Dong-hyeok] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305120950/https://www.dnc.go.kr/_prog/_board/?mode=V&no=36653&code=merit&site_dvs_cd=kr&menu_dvs_cd=0208&s_post_dvs_cd=&skey=wrt&sval=%EB%B0%95%EB%8F%99%ED%98%81&GotoPage=}} {{ko icon}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020094251/http://mpva.tistory.com/1924 Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs official blog: Sergeant Park Dong-hyeok, who fulfilled his duty until the very end] {{ko icon}}
* [http://news.donga.com/3/all/20100524/28547743/1 The tears of Sergeant Park Dong-hyeok's parents] {{ko icon}}
[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Ansan]]
[[Category:Republic of Korea Navy personnel]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Chungmu Order of Military Merit]]
[[Category:People killed in action]]
[[Category:Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]]
[[Category:South Korean military personnel]]
