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In memory of:

Private Joseph Léo Léonard Laflamme

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: D802274
Age: 22
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
Division: R22eR
Birth: January 20, 1929 Cowansville, Québec
Enlistment: November 1, 1950 Montreal, Québec
Death: November 24, 1951 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: Plot 20, Row 8, Grave 1209
Additional information

Baptized Léonard Ernest Laflamme, he served under the name Léonard Laflamme. Son of Léo (aka Léo Paul and Léopold) and Lillian Turberfield of Montréal, Québec.  Brother of Paul, George and Marguerite.

Enlisted in the Canadian Army Special Force, he was transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment from 1950 to January 11, 1951, and then to the 3rd Battalion of the 12th upon his assignment to reinforcements on March 30, 1951. He left for Japan on April 19 and arrived in Pusan, South Korea, on May 15. He was killed in action during a Chinese attack on Hill 355.

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).

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 37 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.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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