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Daejeon National Cemetery

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ordered that investigations commence for the establishment of a new national cemetery site. The Daejeon site was selected on 14 April 1976. Construction of the cemetery began on 1 April 1979 and the first burial took place on 27 August 1982. The cemetery was officially inaugurated on 13 November
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The cemetery covers an area of 3,300,150 m and facilities include a Memorial Tower and Memorial Gate, Patriotic Spirit Exhibition Center, an outdoor exhibition space, fountains, statues, sculptures, pavilions, and Hyeonchungji, a man-made pond in the shape of the
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The person who died as a patriotic branch and the patriotic line-up in accordance with Article 4 of the Act on the Honorable Treatment of independent Beneficiaries.
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As the Seoul National Cemetery was reaching capacity in the early 1970s, on 16 December 1974, then
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the President of the Constitutional Court
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The cemetery is reserved for Korean veterans, including those who died in the
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Ministry of Patriots' and Veterans' Affairs (South Korea)
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The President, the President of the National Assembly
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Yuseong-gu
Daejeon
Republic of Korea
36°22′17″N 127°17′48″E / 36.37139°N 127.29667°E / 36.37139; 127.29667
Hangul
국립
대전



Hanja
國立
大田



Revised Romanization
McCune–Reischauer
Korean
Yuseong-gu
Daejeon
South Korea
Seoul National Cemetery
Ministry of Patriots' and Veterans' Affairs (South Korea)
Korean independence movement
Korean War
Vietnam War
North Korea
President

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