Private Willie Fong

Son of Mook (aka Mark, Wong) Fong and Noi Tan Jew Shee of Montréal, Québec. Originally from China, they emigrated to Canada in 1907.

During World War II, he enlisted on April 16, 1943, at the 5th Military Depot in Quebec City, Quebec, with service number E-600818. After crossing to Great Britain on May 24, 1943, he was assigned to Force M and left for the Mediterranean on February 19, 1944. He arrived in Italy and was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment on April 4. He was wounded in action by shrapnel in his left forearm and left leg on December 17, 1944, during fighting in the Bagnacavallo sector. On March 15, 1945, he embarked for northwestern Europe. On the 17th, he arrived in France and headed for Belgium and the Netherlands. On April 23, he was wounded in combat by shrapnel to the scalp during fighting near the Grebbe Line. In 1952, in Montréal, he enlisted in the Canadian Army Special Force. He arrived in South Korea on April 2, 1952. He was killed in action during a patrol on June 23, 1952, east of Sami-chon.

His name was inscribed on the cenotaph of the Korean War Memorial in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Peel, Ontario, erected in 1997 to commemorate the 516 Canadians killed in action between 25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953, 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) as well as in the Korean War Memorial Book on page 24.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.