Sergeant Marc D. Léger (March 26, 1973-April 17, 2002) was a Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan when a U.S. plane dropped a laser-guided bomb on the 3rd Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Tarnak Farm incident refers to the accidental killing of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the Third Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI is an infantry regiment in the Canadian Forces (CF belonging to 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG The infantry was participating in a training exercise which involved firing anti-tank and machine-gun rounds.
Léger was originally from Lancaster, Ontario. The Tarnak Farm incident refers to the accidental killing of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the Third Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian South Glengarry is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada on the St He was 29 and had served in the Canadian Army for 9 years when he died.
Léger helped the villagers in the Livno Valley in Bosnia to rebuild following the civil war that left their village devastated. Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan [1] He is reported to have used every opportunity to provide the villagers with recycled building materials from the local NATO base, and to have ". . . badgered the local United Nations High Commission of Refugees' representative and any aid agency that drove through the area. " When the Bosnians learned of his death, one was quoted as saying: "We never could have returned to this valley without the help of that big Canadian soldier. "
His widow, Marley Léger, created a memorial fund in his name to help with restoration in Bosnia, where her husband had served on a peace keeping mission in 2000. Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. [2] On May 10, 2003, she opened a restored orthodox church nad community centre in the Vrbica village in Livno Valley there which was rebuilt using money from the fund and the Canadian International Development Agency. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to The Eastern Orthodox Church: the Eastern Christian churches of Byzantine The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA was formed in 1968 by the Canadian government
Léger's mother, Claire Léger, was named the Silver Cross Mother in 2005 by the Royal Canadian Legion. A Silver Cross Mother is chosen each year by the Royal Canadian Legion to lay a wreath during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa The Royal Canadian Legion is a Non-profit Canadian Ex-service organization ( Veterans Organization) founded in 1925 with more than
Marc Leger and the three other soldiers who were killed were the first Canadian combat casualties since the Korean War. The outpouring of support that the Leger family received was overwhelming as the entire nation grieved their loss with them.
In November of 2006 a special ceremony was held at Stittsville Public School in the Ottawa suburb of Stittsville where his parents Claie and Richard Leger currently reside. At this service the new school's library was officially named in his honour. The Marc Leger Library contains many framed photographs and testemonies of Marc's remarkable compassion and courage as a soldier. Several members of Marc's unit, the Princess Patricia's Light Canadian Infantry, were in attendance.
References
- ^ Bob Orrick. Heroes: Real or Imagined?. Retrieved on May 25, 2007. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ Captain Cat Haylock (May 23, 2003). Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. In Honour of their Fallen Comrade. NATO Stabilization Force. The North Atlantic Treaty Retrieved on May 25, 2007. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
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