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Baptized Joseph Valmont Ludovic Duguay. Son of Albanie Duguay and Rebecca Chiasson. Son of Albanie and Rebecca (née Chiasson) Duguay. Brother of Achille, Florent, Yves, Eva, Leona, Délisca, Alexina, Maria, Edwina and step brother of Gerard, a veteran of the Second World War. He survived the war.
He was first transferred to the 3rd Battalion from January 15 to February 1, 1952, then to the 1st Battalion from February 2 until his departure for Japan on April 14, and then to South Korea. A member of the 1st Battalion, Company B, he was killed in action on October 19, 1952, on Hill 355 in South Korea by a shell fired by Chinese artillery.
"October 19 [1952] was another bad day. Although only 22 bombs fell on the 22nd's positions that day, there was one death and four wounded in the pioneer platoon and one death [Duguay] and one wounded in Company B and in the Korean Quartermaster Corps." The Battalions and Depot of the Royal 22nd Regiment, page 101.
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).
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Page 19 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.
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