Independence Patriot · Manchuria Region · Manchuria Region
Same-name figures:
김상옥(金相玉) — Independence Patriot · Righteous Militant Struggle · Righteous Militant Struggle
| Life | 1892 |
| Era | 근현대 |
| Clan | 김해 김씨 |
As leader of the Cheonma Corps, Kim Sang-ok raided police substations in the Uiju area to seize weapons.
Born in Uiju, Pyeonganbuk-do, he enlisted in the Cheonmasan Corps in 1920 as a platoon leader and, in the sixth lunar month of that year, led about 20 men in raiding the township office and police substation of Oksang-myeon, Uiju County, capturing firearms and ammunition. In 1922 he crossed into China to evade Japanese encirclement and served as a platoon and company commander in the Daehan Tonguibu and Chamuibu, before being captured in Tonghua County in 1928 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation in 2012.