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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Service number:
20865
Age:
23
Rank:
Constable
Force:
RCMP
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Division:
E Division
Enlistment:
February 24, 1959
Death:
June 18, 1962
Kamloops, British Columbia
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Cst. Pedersen was born in Alberta. He was shot while investigating a complaint near Kamloops, British Columbia. Cst. Pedersen’s name appears on a plaque on the wall of the RCMP Chapel at Depot. He was married to Betty who gave birth to a son seven months after Cst. Pedersen’s funeral. He is buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Vernon, BC.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 118 of the RCMP Book of Remembrance.
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