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Son of Roméo Boutin and Marguerite Saint-Louis, Matane, Québec. Eldest brother to siblings François, Fernand, Roland Raymond, Aurèle, Wilbrod, Jeannette, Laurette, Marie, Huguette, Françoise and Juliette.
Enrolled in the Royal 22e Régiment on 12 April 1951 in Quebec City, he was transferred to the 1st Battalion, wounded in action and repatriated to Canada, where he died on 4 November 1953.
His name is inscribed on the cenotaph of the Korean War Memorial at Meadowvale Cemetery in Brampton, Peel, Ontario, 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.
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Private Benoit Boutin
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Private Benoit Boutin
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Private Benoit Boutin
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Private Benoit Boutin
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Commemorated on:
Page 7 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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STE. JEANNE D'ARC CEMETERY Quebec, Canada
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