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The North Wall, also known as the Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial, is a war memorial in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The monument was erected on July 2, 1995 in honour of the Canadian veterans who were killed in action , made prisoners of war , or declared missing in action during the Vietnam War .
National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials. Veterans Affairs Canada. Example using a descriptive title: {{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=5779|title=Soldier's Tower: Memorial 35091-009 Toronto, ON|access-date=30 December 2016}}, which displays as "Soldier's Tower: Memorial 35091-009 Toronto, ON".
Burial of Private Robert Whitehead (1896–1916), Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 95th Battalion, at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery Canadian war cemeteries are sites for the burial of Canadian military personnel who died in conflicts since Canadian Confederation in 1867.
Ceremonial Guard stand watch over Canada's national memorial, The Response, with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the foreground.. Canadian war memorials are buildings, monuments, and statues that commemorate the armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Canada, the role of the Canadian military in conflicts and peacekeeping operations, and Canadians who died or were injured in a war.
According to that story, a Canadian veterans association estimates that 20,000 Canadians enlisted in the U.S. armed forces to fight alongside the Americans, while some historians put the number as high as 40,000. [2] Of these, an estimated 12,000 saw combat in Vietnam, and at least 134 were killed or declared missing in action. [2]
Canada Memorial; Canada's Golgotha; Canadian Battlefields Memorials Commission; Canadian Cemetery No. 2; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Memorial to RAF aircrew in Dębina Zakrzowska; Canadian National Vimy Memorial; Canadian war cemeteries; Cenotaph (Montreal) Central Memorial Park; Montreal Clock Tower; Commissioners Park (Ottawa ...
Beechwood Cemetery is the national cemetery of Canada, located in Vanier, Ottawa, Ontario.Over 82,000 people are buried in the cemetery, including Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn, Prime Minister Robert Borden, and several members of Parliament, premiers, Canadian Armed Forces personnel and veterans, Royal Canadian Mounted Police personnel, Canadian Security Intelligence Service intelligence ...
The wall was advocated for by the Veterans’ Memorial Advisory Committee under the leadership of retired Lieutenant-general Richard Rohmer, former Minister of Government Services, Gerry Phillips and public art consultant Karen Mills of Public Art Management. The wall was completed in 2006 and was officially unveiled on September 16, 2006.