Kang Kon, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Kang Kon

Korean military leader

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1918

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1950

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: North Korea

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Kang Kon (Korean: ??; June 23, 1918 - September 8, 1950) was a Korean military leader active in Manchuria and the Korean peninsula during the years leading up to the Korean War and during the first stages of the Korean War in 1950.
Kang (born Kang Shin-tae) was born in Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, on June 23, 1918, and at the young age of 16 began his involvement in liberation and military ventures.
As a teenager, he was actively involved in recruiting anti-Japanese guerrillas for his long-time friend, Kim Il Sung, and is remembered as being unusually tall and often towering over others.
Before his leadership roles in the Korean War, Kang joined the anti-Japanese struggle in Manchuria in 1932, and later fled into Soviet territory in the early 1940s, where, by the end of World War II was an officer in the 88th Independent Brigade in the Red Army, consisting of both Korean and Chinese soldiers.
Lieutenant General Kang led the North Korean Army offensive during the opening stages of the Korean War until he was killed by a land mine on September 8, 1950.