politics | 2023.07.21 15:47
[서울=뉴스핌] Kim Jong-won, defense security reporter = Chae Su-geun (20), a corporal of the 1st Marine Corps Artillery Battalion, was buried in Daejeon National Cemetery.
On the afternoon of the 21st, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs said, “As the father of the late Corporal Chae Su-geun requested, we decided to bury him at the sunny Daejeon National Cemetery and raise the flag on the day of the burial ceremony.”
Initially, the bereaved family of Corporal Chae considered the burial place at the Imsil Guardian Facility in the enshrinedang facility close to his hometown of Namwon in North Jeolla Province.
[포항=뉴스핌] Correspondent Nam Hyo-sun = A memorial altar for the late Corporal Chae Su-geun, who died on the 21st, is set up at Kim Dae-sik Gymnasium of the 1st Marine Corps in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Corporal Chae will be buried on the 22nd at Daejeon National Cemetery.
However, the burial place was changed to Daejeon National Cemetery as Minister Park personally visited the mortuary prepared in Kim Dae-sik Hall of the 1st Division of the Marine Corps in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do the day before, paid condolences to the deceased and comforted the bereaved family.
At the time of Minister Park’s condolences, Corporal Chae’s father earnestly requested, “Please bury your son in a sunny graveyard.” Accordingly, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Affairs consulted with the bereaved family and finally confirmed the Daejeon National Cemetery as the place of burial.
The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs will solemnly hold the burial ceremony on the 22nd.
In addition, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and Patriots and Veterans Affairs will raise flags at regional patriots and veterans offices nationwide, including the headquarters of the National Veterans Affairs Department in Sejong, national cemeteries, and affiliated public institutions on the 22nd, the day of Corporal Chae’s burial.
Corporal Chae is the first soldier to die in the line of raising the flag early, which began in July of last year when a man of national merit passed away. From the burial ceremony of a firefighter who died on the job during a house fire suppression rescue in March, uniformed workers were included in the hoisting target. Second for a uniformed worker.
Minister Park said, “In accordance with President Yoon Seok-yeol’s instructions to be treated with the highest respect as a man of national merit, I will bury him in a sunny graveyard, the last request of Corporal Chae’s father.”
Minister Park said, “In addition to the early raising, we will do our best to treat the deceased and his bereaved family with respect, such as making sure that Corporal Chae is buried at the national cemetery without any negligence and applying a fast track to skip the screening of national merit.”
2023-07-21 06:17:00
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