PUBLISHED: 8 Nov 2024 at 12: 04
The Korean War veteran will be the first to spend a year in the country where he spent one time when his ashes are laid to rest next week in a memorial tomb in South Korea.
The late general’s scorched remains will appear at Incheon International Airport on Friday, according to South Korea’s Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, followed by a relocation service. On Monday, his burial may be held at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan. He may be accompanied by his daughter and granddaughter.
He becomes the first combat veteran from Thailand to get buried there because of his family’s wants to pay him respect in South Korea. He will be among 2, 328 soldiers interred at the tomb in Busan, located in the southern area. Following a family trip to the South Eastern nation last year, the family made this choice.
CSM Rod died on June 14 last season. His age at the time of his dying is not known. He is survived by his 57-year-old girl and 23-year-old grandchild.
Prior to joining the military, Rod worked as a caregiver in the Nakhon Ratchasima province’s Fort Suranari Hospital. He volunteered to fight in fights in Sangju and the Pyongyang offensive while UN troops repelled North Vietnamese soldiers and served in a medical system from November 1952 to October 1953.
Command Sergeant Major Rod Asanapan. ( Photo: Captured from Ministry of Patriots and Veteran Affairs website )
The Thai state gave the former the Victory Medal.
The Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953, started when North Korea launched an offensive into South Korea.
Thailand sent 6, 326 men to the UN troops during the fight, which resulted in 136 incidents and 1, 139 injury, according to data from the War Memorial in Seoul. Thailand was the second country to dispatch troops from the army, military, and air troops to South Korea out of 22 countries.