일시적 후퇴기로 일컬어지는 1950년 하반기 황해남도 지남산 인민 유격대로 활동하다 정찰 임무 중 미군에게 체포되어 고문을 당하다가 죽은 것으로 알려져 있다.
It is known that he was arrested and tortured to death by the U.S. military during a reconnaissance mission while working as a guerrilla unit of the people of Jinamsan Mountain in Hwanghae-Namdo in the second half of 1950, which is referred to as a temporary retreat.