Richard “Dick” Keramedjian

Private First ClassLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary PoliceMilitary Veteran

Richard’s last name has been misspelled multiple times. Alternative spellings include “Kermadjian” (incorrectly recorded in a Roll Call for the 4617th MP Detachment) and “Karanedjian” (in the first volume of the Los Alamos Times, published March 15th, 1946).

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