The Korean Veterans Association of Canada erected a Wall of Remembrance to the 516 Canadians who are commemorated in the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
The Wall was dedicated on July 27, 1997 and is located at Brampton, Ontario’s Meadowvale Cemetery. The Korea veterans present for the unveiling marched to the site to pay homage to their fallen comrades. The Wall of Remembrance is about 200-feet long, two-feet high and curves on a slope with plaques of the names of those who died.
Together, 26,791 Canadians served in the Korea War and approximately 7,000 continued to serve in the theatre between the ceasefire and the end of 1955.
For many Canadians, the account of hostilities in Korea is the story of land forces combating not only enemy forces, but hills, swamps, rice fields, torrential rains and snow. However, every phase of the Korea campaign was a combined operation in which United Nations forces on the sea and in the air also played a prominent and vital role.
Authentic Piece of “Barre” Granite used to construct “The Wall”.