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In memory of:

Private Jean-Pierre Maisonneuve

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: SC17547
Age: 20
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
Division: 1st Battalion
Birth: August 31, 1932 Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment: February 8, 1952 Ottawa, Ontario
Death: January 6, 1953 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: Plot 21, Row 10, Grave 1378
Additional information

Son of Pierre and Eugenie (née Carrière) Maisonneuve of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Bernard, Georges, André, Gérard, Marie, Jean, Renée, Thérèse, and Suzanne. He listed his civilian employment as Canadian National Railway telegraph messenger. He was single. He had 10 months previous Reserve Force service with the Royal Canadian Artillery in 1949. A Memorial erected by the Korean Veterans Association, National Capital Unit, commemorating the 516 Canadians who died in the Korean War will be unveiled and rededicated during Veterans Week 2003 at Ottawa City Hall Headquarters on Elgin Street.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 46 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN) South Korea

The United Nations Cemetery is located in Tanggok, a suburb of Busan. The land for the cemetery was granted to the United Nations by the Republic of Korea as a tribute to all those who had laid down their lives in combatting aggression and in upholding peace and freedom. There are 2,267 servicemen buried in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Of these 1,538 were Commonwealth soldiers, including 376 Canadians.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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