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Roman Fetchyshyn

In memory of:

Lieutenant Roman Fetchyshyn

November 6, 1969
Cremieu, France

Military Service


Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

441 Strike/Reconnaissance Squadron

Additional Information


Born:

September 19, 1946
Hamburg, Germany

Enlistment:

January 6, 1967
Esquimalt, British Columbia

Son of Joseph and Maria (nee Purtak) Fetchyshyn of Rumsey, Alberta. Brother of Richard and Helen Fetchyshyn.

Commemorated on Page 144 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Grave Reference:

Plot 5 Row A Grave 1

Location:

Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– From the Canadian Post War Military & Dependant Graves-- (http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/pwmg)
Photograph is by Malcolm Cromarty.
  • Inscription– From the Canadian Post War Military & Dependant Graves-- (http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/pwmg)
Photograph is by Malcolm Cromarty.

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