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Lieutenant Commander John Louis Quinn

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

1939-1945 Star
France and Germany Star
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea
War Medal 1939-1945
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)
Canadian Korea Medal

Military service

Service number: 0-60710
Age: 29
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Force: Navy
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Navy
Division: HMCS IROQUOIS, RCN
Birth: June 25, 1923 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: April 2, 1942 Regina, Saskatchewan
Death: October 2, 1952

Burial/memorial information

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: Plot D Row C Grave 6
Additional information

Son of Colonel H.J. Quinn MM and Rosa Quinn of Regina, Saskatchewan. Husband of Grace Lillian (Merrill) Quinn and father of Charles Patrick Quinn, both of Armdale, Nova Scotia. Brother of Patricia Mary Quinn.

Lieutenant Commander Quinn is also commemorated on the Korean War Memorial at the Naval Museum of Alberta at HMCS TECUMSEH in Calgary, Alberta.

Also commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 61 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY Japan

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY is 9 kilometres west of the city on Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches left off the old Tokkaido highway. The nearest railway station is Hodogaya, 5 kilometres to the north on the JNR line but the cemetery is easily reached by bus from Yokohama station.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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