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Douglas Harold Richard MacLean

In memory of:

Corporal Douglas Harold Richard MacLean

May 3, 1953
South Korea

Military Service


Service Number:

SF6208

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Division:

3rd Battalion

Citation(s):

War Medal 1939-45, Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal Korea

Additional Information


Born:

October 23, 1925
Pictou, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

April 1, 1948
Truro, Nova Scotia

Son of Allan and Bertha (née Spencer)MacLean of Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia. Husband of Ethel Marion ( née MacCabe)MacLean. Father of Richard Allan, Harold Douglas, Thomas and Heather Margaret. Corporal MacLean is commemorated on the Nova Scotia Korea War Memorial with his fellow Nova Scotians who lost their lives in the Korean War. The Memorial is located at Pleasant and Parade Streets in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. It was unveiled and dedicated in a ceremony on 16 August 2003.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 45 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:

38. 1. 1376

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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  • Korea War Memorial
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Photo of Douglas Harold Richard MacLean
  • Memorial Plaque– Memorial plaques for Corporal Douglas Harold Richard Maclean, Private Elliott Gordon MacKay, Flight Sergeant Herbert Thomas MacDonell and Private Raymond MacDonald on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario.
  • Memorial– A section of the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario. The memorial consists of a central section and 13 other sections containing memorial plaques for each of the 516 Canadian service men who died while serving with the Canadian Forces in the United Nations operations in Korea. It was erected by the Korea Veterans Association of Canada and was dedicated on July 27, 1997.
  • Memorial– Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Left Part
  • Inscription– Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Centre Part
  • Memorial– Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Right Part
  • Grave marker– Grave Marker UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013
  • Memorial– Canadian Memorial, UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013

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