IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR SON, CORPORAL DANIEL GUNTHER




In Loving Memory Of Our Son, Corporal Daniel Gunther
(En Mémoire De Notre Fils Bien-Aimé, Le Caporal Daniel Gunther)

Pour Francais - Appuyer Ici

This page is dedicated
to our son,
Corporal Daniel Gunther,
a Canadian United Nations Peacekeeper,
who was attacked and killed
near Buci Bosnia.
(In Memoriam)
13 January 1969 - 18 June 1993

Portrait by Charles Vinh

Buci, Bosnia (near Sarajevo) 18 June 1993:

While on Observation Duty in the turret of his Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), with no doubt as to his United Nations identity, Daniel was attacked with an Anti Tank Rocket near Buci, Bosnia. The rocket struck him directly, then exploded on the turret cover only inches behind him. This was clearly an un-provoked attack of a Canadian Peacekeeper on a humanitarian mission in Bosnia.

Although the facts were immediately known, and confirmed by a Board Of Inquiry held in Bosnia in July of 1993, the military Press Release stated that Daniel died from shrapnel wounds from a Mortar exploding "near" the APC. A Public Affairs Officer at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier also added that "Corporal Gunther was probably half way out of his vehicle when he was hit by the shrapnel". These statements insinuate that it may have been a stray mortar bomb that exploded near the APC, and that Daniel was imprudent and partially to blame for his fatal injuries. As late as November 1993, the Department of National Defense was not budging from its version of the incident in Bosnia as reported by Peter Worthington in November 1993 .

The Truth is Leaked

Family and friends of Daniel learned The Truth from "Esprit de Corps Military Magazine" in February 1994. According to Mr Scott Taylor, the editor of the magazine, the DNDPA had leaked a copy of the "Confidential Board of Inquiry" to him.

The Troop Commander Confirms The Truth

One year after the assassination, Daniel's Troop Commander, who was in the APC with Daniel when it was attacked Confirmed The Truth to the media in Quebec City explaining exactly what had happened to Daniel on 18 June 1993.

"JE ME SOUVIENS"

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