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In memory of:

Corporal Melvin Hugh Eugene Schwenneker

Military service

Service number: SL109717
Age: 23
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: PPCLI
Birth: March 14, 1929 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: December 2, 1946 Regina, Saskatchewan
Death: June 21, 1952 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Plot 21, Row 1, Grave 1266
Additional information

Corporal Schwenneker was the spouse of Florence Gertrude Schwenneker of Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Father of Larry Dale. Son of Lincoln and Sadie Schwenneker of Vancoucer, British Columbia. Brother of Neil, Alvin and Lincoln.

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In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 66 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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