Battle of Yultong

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	United Nations victory Death of Conrado Yap and Jose Artiga, Jr.; Withdrawal of 10th BCT and neighboring units due to strategic considerations;
Belligerents
United Nations Philippines; United States; Turkey;	China
Commanders and leaders
Dionisio S. Ojeda; Conrado Yap †; Jose Artiaga, Jr. †	Zeng Shaoshan; You Taizhong
Units involved
10th Battalion Combat Team, PEFTOK	34th Division, 12th Army, PVA (UN account); 44th Division, 15th Army, PVA (Chinese account)
Strength
900	40,000 (Philippine account) 2 battalions (132nd Regiment) (Chinese account)
Casualties and losses
12 killed ; 38 injured ; 6 missing;	500+ killed; 2 captured

The Battle of Yultong (Korean: 율동 전투; RR: Yultong Jeontu; Filipino: Labanan sa Yultong), 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 soldiers (in the Philippine account), or 2 battalions in the Chinese account, from elements of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) 34th Division (44th Division from Chinese sources) and 900 Filipino soldiers 10th Battalion Combat Team (BCT), north of Yeoncheon during April 22–23, 1951. The battle was part of the Chinese Spring Offensive.