The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia participated in the Korean War from May of 1951 to April of 1953. Emperor Haile Selassie sent his elite forces, the Imperial Bodyguard, to Korea. Ethiopians were highly regarded, as they never left the dead behind, never surrendered to the enemy, and never lost an engagement.
In total, Ethiopia deployed 1,271 soldiers and suffered 657 casualties. According to the statistics provided by the South Korean government, there were 121 soldiers killed in action, 536 wounded in action, and no prisoners of war.
The Korean War Memorial in Addis Ababa is located inside the Ethiopian Korean War Veterans Memorial Park, right outside the Korean War Museum. There is a massive structure and 121 individual plaques honoring the fallen on which their names, ranks, ID numbers and the dates they were killed in action are etched.