Independence Patriot · Korean Liberation Army · Korean Liberation Army
| Life | 1915 ~ 2008 |
| Era | 근현대 |
| Clan | 김해 김씨 |
Kim Seung-gon passed through the Righteous Brotherhood and the Korean Volunteer Corps before serving as chief adjutant of the Korean Liberation Army's 1st Detachment.
Born in Damyang, Jeollanam-do, he fled to China in 1933, trained at the Korean Revolutionary Military and Political Cadre School, and helped found the Korean Volunteer Corps in 1938. After liberation he served as general affairs chief of the Association for the Bereaved Families of Patriots and Martyrs from 1977, then as its 12th chairman from 1992 to 1996, leading the 1993 repatriation of the remains of Provisional Government patriots and later serving as chairman of the Independence Hall of Korea. He died in Seoul in 2008 at age 93 and is buried at Seoul National Cemetery.