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Trooper Leonard George Neufield

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

War Medal 1939-1945
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea

Military service

Service number: SH62331
Age: 25
Rank: Trooper
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.
Division: 'B' Squadron
Birth: April 26, 1927 Fort Francis, Ontario
Enlistment: May 8, 1951 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death: August 20, 1952 Majon-ni, Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: 21. 5. 1314
Additional information

Son of David George and Susan Neufeld of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brother of Victor, Elmer, Richard, Robert, Dorothy, Mary and Joyce. Prior to enlistment, he was a trucker. He joined the Special Force Service on 17 March 1952.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 54 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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