ETHIOPIA KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Narrative Stone
Access: Private
Wars Commemorated: KOREAN WAR
Photograph By: JAMES HULSE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
Beginning in June 1951, Ethiopia furnished three 1,200-man battalions to the UN Command, the 1st Kagnew Battalion, 2nd Kagnew Battalion and 3rd Kagnew Battalion. The first of these battalions arrived in May 1951 and was assigned to the U.S. 7th Infantry Division. 140 of these men were killed in action and 536 men were wounded in action.
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