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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
K800062
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division:
PPCLI
Birth:
April 1, 1929
Warmley, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
August 12, 1950
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
March 8, 1951
South Korea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 2, Row 1, Grave 48
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Sofia Lapka of Vancouver, British Columbi. Brother of Stephen, John, Michael, Mrs. B. Burns, Mrs. J. Stanka and Mrs. P. Lopushinsky.
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Digital gallery of Private William Lapka
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Photo of WILLIAM LAPKA
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Digital gallery of
Private William Lapka
Digital gallery of
Private William Lapka
Digital gallery of
Private William Lapka
Digital gallery of
Private William Lapka
Digital gallery of
Private William Lapka
Digital gallery of
Private William Lapka
Digital gallery of
Private William Lapka
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 38 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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