Background
Kahkedjian was born in 1962 in Aleppo, Syria.
Kahkedjian was born in 1962 in Aleppo, Syria.
Kahkedjian was one of the Armenians from the Diaspora who volunteered to go and fight in the Karabakh conflict. After being graduated from Armenian schools in Aleppo and Lebanon, he moved with his family to Nigeria. in 1978, he moved to Germany to receive a degree in architecture. He was graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Frankfurt Engineering University.
After his graduation, he lived in Fresno, California.
After the devastating 1988 Spitak earthquake, Kahkedjian arrived in Armenia for the first time, where he assisted the affected communities and helped raise funds from the diaspora. In the wake of the interethnic violence in Azerbaijan, Kahkedjian organized the "Crusaders" detachment and participated in the battles of Martuni, Hadrut, Martakert, Lachin and Kelbajar.
During the battle for the height of "Pushkenyal" he fought with his detachment, thus keeping the height until the arrival of Armenian forces. Kahkedjian died on June 26, 1993 near Martakert in battles near the village Maghavuz.
Garo Kahkedjian"s body rests at the Yerablur military cemetery.
