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Marcel Eugéne Henri Chartier

In memory of:

Corporal Marcel Eugéne Henri Chartier

September 12, 1951
South Korea

Military Service


Service Number:

SD801349

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

Korea Medal, United National Service Medal

Additional Information


Born:

April 7, 1928

Son of Mrs. Marie Ange Chartier of Sherbrooke, Quebec

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 11 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
South Korea

Grave Reference:

PLOT 20.ROW 4. GRAVE #1158

Location:

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.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram August 1951. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Korean War Monument– Korean War Monument 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.
  • Korean War Monument– Dedicatory inscription on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario.
  • Korean War Monument– Corporal Marcel Eugène Henri Chartier 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.  Corporal Chartier died on September 12, 1951 and is buried in the United Nations Cemetery (Busan), South Korea.

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