Service Details
Name:
 FERNANDO
Initials:
 M
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 101 Battalion, Romeo Mike Team
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Date of Death:
 1987-01-08
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Eleven members from 101 Battalion SWATF and the 101 Battalion Romeo Mike Teams with attached personnel, were killed in action and 65 wounded during a contact with a numerically superior enemy force near Vinticet in Southern Angola. During the contact, some of the Romeo Mike Casspir vehicles burnt out after being knocked out by concentrated fire from Soviet RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rockets and Yugoslavian M60 HEAT STRIM and M60P Pencil STRIM rifle grenades
Additional
Information:
From 904SCC-RM7
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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