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Son of Wilhelmina Beerenfenger-Koehler (2007 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother) of Embrun, Ontario.
Corporal Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger, of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment from CFB Petawawa, was killed on duty near Kabul, Afghanistan, on October 2, 2003. He was on patrol in an Iltis jeep when it ran over an explosive device of an unknown type. He was 29 years old.
An explosion, believed to have been tripped by the Iltis vehicle in which he was on patrol, also killed Sergeant Robert Short. Both were serving with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group as part of Operation ATHENA, Canada's military commitment to the International Security Assistance Force, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - led mission in Kabul.
Corporal Beerenfenger was born in Ottawa in 1974 and was a graduate of North Dundas High School. He married his wife Christina in May of 2000 and had three children, Matthew, Kristopher and Madison.
Sacrifice Medal (posthumous)
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Remembrance Day 2007
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Digital gallery of
Corporal Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 216 of the In the Service of Canada, Vol. I (1947 – 2014) Book of Remembrance.
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OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery.
The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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