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Paeta Derek Hess-Von Kruedener

In memory of:

Major Paeta Derek Hess-Von Kruedener

July 25, 2006
Patrol Base Khiam, Lebanon

Military Service

Age:

44

Force:

Army

Unit:

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

Citation(s):

United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine (UNTSO), Meritorious Service Cross, Sacrifice Medal (posthumous), Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, Canadian Forces Decoration and Bar, UN Forces in Cyprus (UNIFICYP), NATO Medal for Former Yugoslavia (NATO-FY), UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) Dag Hammarskjöld Medal

Additional Information

Born:

June 25, 1962
London, Ontario

Enlistment:

December 10, 1986
Chilliwack, British Columbia

Son of Gerry Hess of Kitchener, Ontario. Husband of Cynthia Hess-von Kruedener and father of Jonah and Kirsten of Kingston, Ontario. Major Hess-von Kruedener served in Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire, and twice in Bosnia before joining the United Nations Truce and Supervision Organization (UNTSO) in October, 2005. Major Hess-von Kruedener had been an infantry officer with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry for 20 years, taking part in United Nations peacekeeping missions in Cyprus and in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Commemorated on Page 221 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BURLINGTON (WOODLAND) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

N/A

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