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In memory of:

Private John Carlisle Mehan

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
War Medal 1939-1945
Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: SG800197
Age: 27
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth: July 23, 1925 St. Stephen, New Brunswick
Enlistment: August 15, 1950 Fredericton, New Brunswick
Death: May 3, 1953 South Korea

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UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Additional information

Spouse of Dorothy Mary Mehan of Milltown, New Brunswick. Father of Linda Bernadette, John Charles and Pamela Jean and Daniel Richard. Son of John Thomas and Clara Robert (nee Cowell) Mehan. Brother of Phyllis half sister Patricia Elizabeth and Lottie Myrtle

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 49 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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