Gabriel Betancourt Gabriel Betancourt Gabriel Betancourt Mejía (born April 27, 1918 in Medellín – died March 23, 2002 in Bogotá) was a Colombian economist and diplomat who served as Colombia's Minister of National Education in two occasions, and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. Gabriel Betancourt was born in Medellín on April 27, 1918 to Pedro Nolasco Adriano Betancur Toro and Mariana Mejía Arango as the youngest of 9 children. Betancourt was a member of the government of president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. He later became assistant director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He was also head of the education
17th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment of disease, for a total of 194 fatalities. 17th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 17th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 17th Iowa Infantry was organized at Keokuk, Iowa, and mustered in for three years of Federal service on April 16, 1862. The regiment was mustered out on July 25, 1865. The 17th Iowa mustered 958 men at the time it left Iowa for active campaigning. It suffered 5 officers and 66 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and