Winnipeg family says Canadian government not recognizing fallen veteran [Video]

Remembrance Day is just around the corner; however, one Manitoba family says their fallen veteran isn’t being remembered – at least not by the Canadian government.

Now the family is looking for that to change.

Jim McMullin’s family has a long history with the Canadian military. His father served, he served, as did his older brother Marcellus.

“He called me and said ‘Jim, I’m being posted overseas. We’re forming up a platoon in Quebec,’” Jim said.

Marcellus was deployed to Germany during the Cold War where he was tragically killed in a car crash in 1957.

“They just said he went off the road and was killed,” Jim said.

Marcellus was recognized with a military funeral and buried overseas, so the family assumed his name would also be included in one of Canada’s Books of Remembrance in Ottawa.

These books list the names of more than 120,000 Canadians who have given their lives in service of our country.

But Marcellus’ name isn’t there.

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