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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
SA2983
Age:
19
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
QOR
Birth:
February 13, 1935
Kitchener, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 26, 1952
London, Ontario
Death:
August 4, 1954
South Korea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
38. 5. 3217
Additional information
Son of Walter Solomon and Dorthea Ruth (née Miller) Koch of Wellesley, Ontario. Brother of Grant Rudolph, Maralyn Ruth and Elaine Armina.
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Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Walter Koch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Walter Koch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Walter Koch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Walter Koch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Walter Koch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Walter Koch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Walter Koch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Walter Koch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Walter Koch
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 36 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN) South Korea
The United Nations Cemetery is located in Tanggok, a suburb of Busan. The land for the cemetery was granted to the United Nations by the Republic of Korea as a tribute to all those who had laid down their lives in combatting aggression and in upholding peace and freedom. There are 2,267 servicemen buried in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Of these 1,538 were Commonwealth soldiers, including 376 Canadians.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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