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Joseph Léon Michel Doucet

In memory of:

Constable Joseph Léon Michel Doucet

August 18, 1979
St. Antoine, New Brunswick

Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Service Number:

32217

Age:

26

Additional Information


Born:

July 16, 1953
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec

Enlistment:

January 17, 1975

Cst. Doucet served in the Canadian Armed Forces prior to joining the Force. He was posted to Jacquet River Detachment in Moncton, New Brunswick and then, in 1978, he transferred to the Moncton Drug Section. Cst. Doucet was in an airplane conducting air surveillance for a drug bust. After the arrests were made on the ground, the airplane seemed to be having difficulty. The plane made two circles and came in low. It clipped the top of the tree tops and nose-dived into the ground. Cst. Doucet is buried in the St. Michel Cemetery at Trois Rivières, Quebec. He was single.

Commemorated on Page 161 of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Honour Roll Book.

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  • Constable Joseph Léon Michel Doucet– © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as represented by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Inscription on Grave marker– Photo courtesy of www.rcmpgraves.com
  • Photo of JOSEPH LÉON MICHEL DOUCET– Near Christmas 1978 in Cassie Cape, NB
This was my living room.
  • Photo of JOSEPH LÉON MICHEL DOUCET– He was at a wedding.  His mother sent us this photo, which is my favorite.
  • Photo of JOSEPH LÉON MICHEL DOUCET– Michel Doucet graduation, Forces Canadiennes à St-Jean sur Richelieu, Qc
  • Photo of JOSEPH LÉON MICHEL DOUCET– Michel Doucet
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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