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Son of Henri Chartier and Marie Ange Lessard from Sherbrooke, Québec.
Baptized Joseph Eugène Henri Marcel Chartier.
With the 2nd Battalion, D Company, he was killed in action during an assault on hill 172 against Chinese positions. ‘On 12 September [1951] B company, commanded by Captain P.R. (Pat) Tremblay, was to distinguish itself... At about 3.30 p.m., a few minutes after an intense aerial bombardment followed by heavy artillery fire, B company launched an assault on the Chinese positions. The attack lasted a full two hours, during which several ‘22s’ distinguished themselves... Lieutenant J.E. Meloche's platoon, unable to assist as planned, succeeded in penetrating the very centre of the enemy positions and routing them... Unfortunately, the attack resulted in casualties. In addition to Corporal M.E.H. Chartier, who lost his life, one officer and four soldiers were wounded... The next day, D Company, which occupied the positions temporarily taken the day before and recovered Corporal Chartier's body, counted no fewer than 36 enemy corpses. Les Bataillons et le Dépôt du Royal 22e Régiment, page 63.
His name was inscribed on the cenotaph of the Korean War Memorial in Meadowvale Cemetery in Brampton, Peel, Ontario, erected in 1997 in memory of the 516 Canadians killed in action between 1950-06-25 and 1953-07-27, 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.
Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.
Digital gallery of Corporal Marcel Eugéne Henri Chartier
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Korean War Monument
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Korean War Monument
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Korean War Monument
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Korean War Monument
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Corporal Marcel Eugéne Henri Chartier
Digital gallery of
Corporal Marcel Eugéne Henri Chartier
Digital gallery of
Corporal Marcel Eugéne Henri Chartier
Digital gallery of
Corporal Marcel Eugéne Henri Chartier
Digital gallery of
Corporal Marcel Eugéne Henri Chartier
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 11 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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