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List updated April 27, 2013

Country Total = 8 graves in 7 cemeteries

2 Names on 1 memorial

Completed = 9 (or 90.0%)

Locality Cemetery
SA War Dead #
SA serving in Non-SA units War Dead #
Rhodesian War Dead #
Total
Status - Complete, Underway, Part Done
Volunteer
Alabama Magnolia Cemetery Annex
.
1
.
1
Complete
Carolyn Baldwin
Florida Ponte Vedra Valley Cemetery
.
1
.
1
Complete
TJ Welsh
Maryland Baltimore (Lorraine Park) Cemetery
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1
.
1
Complete
Gary and Carina Nelson
New Jersey North Arlington (Holy Cross) Cemetery
.
1
1
Complete
Glen Swemmer
New York National 9/11 Memorial
2
.
.
2
Complete
Glen Swemmer
Ohio Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hide-away Hills (Exhumed from Que Que Cemetery)
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.
1
1
.
.
Virginia Arlington National Cemetery
1
1
.
2
Complete
Gary and Carina Nelson / Anne Cady
Virginia Portsmouth (Evergreen) Memorial Park
1
.
.
1
Complete
Gary and Carina Nelson

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CEMETERY, HIDE AWAY HILLS, OHIO, U.S.A. (Exhumed from Que Que Cemetery)

COEY J A JOHN ALAN . Corporal . . 725702 Rhodesian Light Infantry 2 Commando, 1st Battalion Army . 19-Jul-1975 . 12-Nov-1950 24 .

Killed in action, gunshot wound to brain, Operation Hurricane, in the Kandeya Tribal Trust Land. Born in U.S.A. Son of George and Phyllis Coey from Columbus, Ohio. Was a very devout Christian and graduate of Ohio State University (1972). He was a noble dedicated man with spiritual insight and political acumen with a keen perception of world affairs and the evils of communism. John joined the Rhodesian Army in March 1972 and became an elite member of the Rhodesian Special Air Service. John did officer training but eventually found his niche as an Army paramedic. In July 1974 John was posted to the RLI as a commando paramedic and participated in over 60 fire-force missions. John helped pioneer the role of combat medic with the RLI. By war’s end RLI had 3 medics KIA and 3 WIA. John Coey whilst deployed with 2 Commando on Operation Hurricane in Kandeya TTL was tragically shot by terrorists when he went to assist 2 fallen soldiers in a riverbed. This contact resulted in 4 Rhodesian soldiers being killed and 4 wounded. John Coey posthumously received his bravery award in Heaven; he was a soldier of the Cross and a son of liberty. His family and many friends sadly miss him. John’s journal and letters have been published in a book titled ‘A Martyr Speaks’. Initialy buried in the QueQue Cemetery, his body was exhumed at the request of his parents and reburied in the Lutheran Cemetery, Hide Away Hills, Ohio, USA. Ref 'Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr JRT Wood). Amendments from Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981, by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

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