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Benoit Boutin

In memory of:

Private Benoit Boutin

November 4, 1953

Military Service

Service Number:

SE-6813

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.

Division:

R22eR

Citation(s):

Korea Medal, United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Additional Information

Born:

February 22, 1928
St-Rémi-de-Métis, Quebec

Enlistment:

April 12, 1951
Quebec, Quebec

Son of Roméo Boutin and Marguerite Saint-Louis, Matane, Québec. Eldest brother to siblings François, Fernand, Roland Raymond, Aurèle, Wilbrod, Jeannette, Laurette, Marie, Huguette, Françoise and Juliette.

Enrolled in the Royal 22e Régiment on 12 April 1951 in Quebec City, he was transferred to the 1st Battalion, wounded in action and repatriated to Canada, where he died on 4 November 1953.

His name is inscribed on the cenotaph of the Korean War Memorial at Meadowvale Cemetery in Brampton, Peel, Ontario, as well as on the Korean War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. An identical monument can be found at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Pusan, South Korea.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 7 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

STE. JEANNE D'ARC CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada

Grave Reference:

Grave 1, Plot 4, Row 1

Location:

Matapedia, Quebec.

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  • Korean War Memorial– The Korean War Monument is located in Ottawa, Ontario.

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    Korean War Memorial
    Korean War Memorial – The Korean War Monument is located in Ottawa, Ontario.
  • Korean War Monument– Close-up of the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. This features a Canadian soldier, facing toward Busan, Korea, where an identical monument watches over the graves of 378 Canadians in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Accompanying the volunteer are two Korean children, both holding symbols: the girl, a bouquet of maple leaves symbolizing Canada; and the boy, a bouquet of maple leaves and roses of Sharon, the national flower of Korea.

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    Korean War Monument
    Korean War Monument – Close-up of the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. This features a Canadian soldier, facing toward Busan, Korea, where an identical monument watches over the graves of 378 Canadians in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Accompanying the volunteer are two Korean children, both holding symbols: the girl, a bouquet of maple leaves symbolizing Canada; and the boy, a bouquet of maple leaves and roses of Sharon, the national flower of Korea.
  • Korean War Monument– Dedicatory panel on the Korean War Monument located in Ottawa, Ontario.

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    Korean War Monument
    Korean War Monument – Dedicatory panel on the Korean War Monument located in Ottawa, Ontario.
  • Korean War Memorial– Private BENOIT BOUTIN is one of 23 soldiers commemorated on this panel, and is one of the 516 soldiers whose names appear on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa. It was erected IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE CANADIAN WHO DIED IN SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN WAR 1950-1953 AND ON KOREAN PEACE KEEPING DUTIES, 1953-1957. Private BOUTIN died on November 4, 1953 and is buried in STE. JEANNE D'ARC CEMETERY, Matapedia, Quebec. Private LEONARD JOSEPH O'DONNELL also died on this day.

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    Korean War Memorial
    Korean War Memorial – Private BENOIT BOUTIN is one of 23 soldiers commemorated on this panel, and is one of the 516 soldiers whose names appear on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa. It was erected IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE CANADIAN WHO DIED IN SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN WAR 1950-1953 AND ON KOREAN PEACE KEEPING DUTIES, 1953-1957. Private BOUTIN died on November 4, 1953 and is buried in STE. JEANNE D'ARC CEMETERY, Matapedia, Quebec. Private LEONARD JOSEPH O'DONNELL also died on this day.

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