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Son of Irené Blanchard and Ida Chiasson from Shippagan, New Brunswick. Brother of Roger, Everard, Anita, Marie, Edouardine, Yvette, Andrea, Fernande and Anne-Marie.
His battalion was responsible for defending the left of a front stretching between the destroyed villages of Paujol-gol and Kojanhari-saemal, in South Korea. Thanks to Russian artillery supplied to the Chinese, this area was shelled throughout September 1952. He was killed in action by this Chinese artillery fire.
Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.
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Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Roland Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Roland Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Roland Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Roland Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Roland Blanchard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 6 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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