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In memory of:

Private Alexander Louis Gray

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Citation(s);

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea
Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: SC17512
Age: 21
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 3rd Battalion
Birth: January 30, 1932 Carmen, Manitoba
Enlistment: January 31, 1953 Ottawa, Ontario
Death: April 16, 1953

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: Plot 21, Row 12, Grave 1393
Additional information

Son of Dr. and Reverend Albert Michie Jack and Mary Medora Bertha Gray of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Albert Ronald James, Marjorie Elizabeth, Ruth Ethelina, Thelma Mary and Barbara Joan.

He was a graduate of Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, Ontario.

Commemorated on the Korean War Wall of Remembrance, Lisgar Collegiate Institute Korean War Plaque and Private Alexander Gray Cross.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 28 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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