Daejeon National Cemetery
The Daejeon National Cemetery (Korean: 국립대전현충원) is located in Hyeonchungwon-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea. It is South Korea's second national cemetery after the Seoul National Cemetery and is overseen by the Ministry of Patriots' and Veterans' Affairs (South Korea).
| Daejeon National Cemetery | |
|---|---|
View from inside the cemetery (2006) | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1976 |
| Location | |
| Country | South Korea |
| No. of graves | 110,000+ |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gukrip Daejeon Hyeonchungwon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kukrip Taejŏn Hyŏnch'ungwon |
The cemetery is reserved for Korean veterans, including those who died in the Korean independence movement, Korean War, Vietnam War and post–Korean War clashes with North Korea.
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