Jerry Wayne Parrish (March 10, 1944 – August 25, 1998), also known by his Korean name Kim Yu-il, was a United States Army corporal who was one of seven American soldiers to defect to North Korea, four of them during the 1960s, in the years after the Korean War. Parrish was born in Morganfield, Kentucky and was shipped to South Korea as a corporal in the U.S Army.
Jerry Wayne Parrish (March 10, 1944 – August 25, 1998), also known by his Korean name Kim Yu-il, was a United States Army corporal who was one of seven American soldiers to defect to North Korea, four of them during the 1960s, in the years after the Korean War. Parrish was born in Morganfield, Kentucky and was shipped to South Korea as a corporal in the U.S Army.
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