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Private Royal Blaine Pearson

Military service

Service number: M800232
Age: 19
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: D Company, 2nd Battalion
Birth: March 8, 1931 Birnie, Manitoba
Enlistment: August 15, 1950 Calgary, Alberta
Death: March 7, 1951 Hill 532, South Korea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 2.2.55
Additional information

Son of Edward T. and Hazel P. Pearson. Brother of Dean. The Province of Manitoba named Blaine Pearson Lake in his memory.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 58 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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