O Jung-hup (10 July 1910 – 17 December 1939) was a Korean military officer who fought the Japanese with Kim Il Sung.
O was born into a poor family in Seson-ri, Onsong County of North Hamgyong Province, on 10 July 1910.
[1] Leading the 7th Regiment of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army, he was killed in action during the Liukesong battle in Dunhua County on 17 December 1939, aged 29.
[3] As of 2012[update], his nephew O Kuk-ryol was vice-chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK.
[4] In North Korea, "O Jung-hup 7th Regiment" (오중흡7련대) is an honorific title used to award some elite units of the Korean People's Army.