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In memory of:

Sapper John O'Hara Wright

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea
Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: SB153358
Age: 22
Rank: Sapper
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Engineers
Division: RCE
Birth: September 20, 1928 Sarnia, Ontario
Enlistment: April 9, 1948 Toronto, Ontario
Death: August 28, 1951

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: Plot 20, Row 4, Grave 1153
Additional information

Son of Daniel Dale and Laura Elizabeth Wright of Stratford, Ontario. Brother of Alice Laurine, Orva Jean, and Ella May.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 80 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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