Cho Chang-ho (military officer)

Cho Chang-ho 조창호
Born	(1930-10-02)2 October 1930 Pyongyang, Heian'nan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	19 November 2006(2006-11-19) (aged 76) Seoul, South Korea
Service/branch	Republic of Korea Army
Years of service	1950-1951, 1951-1994 (as POW)
Rank	Lieutenant
Battles/wars	Korean War Battle of Hanseok Mountain at Inje County

Cho Chang-ho (Korean: 조창호; October 2, 1930 – November 19, 2006) was a South Korean military officer who served South Korea, during the Korean War.

Cho Chang-ho is known as the first South Korean POW to escape from North Korea after the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953.^[1]