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New memorial wall for military heroes

Army chief Gen Narongphan Jitkaewtae, accompanied by his wife Maj Gen Pimpisa, lays a wreath at a new memorial wall yesterday that commemorates those killed in past wars. The Royal Thai Army

The army on Friday unveiled a memorial wall on which the names of more than 6,000 soldiers who gave their lives serving the country during past conflicts are written.

The wall was approved by army chief Gen Narongphan Jitkaewtae as an extension to the Royal Thai Army Museum.

Gen Narongphan and his wife, Maj Gen Pimpisa who chairs the Thai Army Wives Association, on Friday participated in religious rites at the memorial wall and a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate soldiers and volunteers who were killed while protecting and serving the…

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