Battle of Yultong

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Battle of Yultong
Part of the Chinese Spring Offensive of the Korean War
Date 22–23 April 1951 Location Yultong/Yuldong (presently part of Yeoncheon), South Korea Result UN victory
Belligerents
UN Command  Philippines	China
Commanders and leaders
Dionisio S. Ojeda[1] Conrado Yap  † Jose Artiaga, Jr.  †	Zeng Shaoshan[2] You Taizhong[3]
Units involved
10th Battalion Combat Team, PEFTOK	34th Division, 12th Army, PVA (UN account)[4] 44th Division, 15th Army, PVA (Chinese account)[5]
Strength
900[6][7]	15,000[8][9][better source needed]
Casualties and losses
12 killed 38 wounded 6 missing	500+ killed 2 captured[10]

The Battle of Yultong (Korean: 율동 전투; RR: Yultong Jeontu; Filipino: Labanan sa Yultong),^[4] also known as the Battle of Meiluodong (Chinese: 美罗洞战斗; pinyin: Měiluódòng Zhàndòu), Battle of Yuldong, or Battle of Yuldong-ri, took place during the Korean War. It was fought between approximately 15,000^{[better source needed]} soldiers from elements of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) 34th Division (44th Division from Chinese sources)^[5][11] and 900 Filipino soldiers 10th Battalion Combat Team (BCT), north of Yeoncheon during April 22–23, 1951.^[12] The battle was part of the Chinese Spring Offensive.