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KMC members honor Kindergraves

May 25, 2017
by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Maj. Gen. Timothy M. Zadalis, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa vice commander, pays his respects at the gravestone for Gary Currie, an infant who lost his life in 1952, during the Ramstein Area Chiefs’ Group and German-American and International Women’s Club’s Kindergraves Memorial Service May 20 in Kaiserslautern. Zadalis presided over a dedication ceremony for Gary at the Kindergraves in October of 2016.
Members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community pay their respects to American children buried at the Kaiserslautern Kindergraves during the Ramstein Area Chiefs’ Group and German-American and International Women’s Club’s Kindergraves Memorial Service May 20 in Kaiserslautern. The Kindergraves are the final resting place for 452 American children who died at or shortly after birth from 1952 to 1971.
Chief Master Sgt. Aaron Bennett (left), 86th Airlift Wing command chief, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Phillip Leonard, Ramstein Area Chiefs’ Group lead, lay a wreath during the RACG and German-American and International Women’s Club’s Kindergraves Memorial Service May 20 in Kaiserslautern. The memorial ceremony also included an invocation, candle lighting, and a blessing of the graves.
Members of the Ramstein High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps lead a procession of Kaiserslautern Military Community members to the gravesite of 452 American children during the Ramstein Area Chiefs’ Group and German-American and International Women’s Club’s Kindergraves Memorial Service May 20 in Kaiserslautern. The ceremony is held annually to honor the children who were lost from 1952 to 1971.
Representatives from the U.S Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, and Ramstein Area Chiefs’ Group light candles during the RACG and German-American and International Women’s Club’s Kindergraves Memorial Service May 20 at Daenner Kaserne.
Maj. Gen. Timothy M. Zadalis, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa vice commander, speaks during the Ramstein Area Chiefs’ Group and German-American and International Women’s Club’s Kindergraves Memorial Service May 20 at Daenner Kaserne. Every year after Mother’s Day, members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community honor the children’s memory with a memorial service.
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