Service Details
Name:
 FOURIE
Given Name:
 JACOBUS HENDRIK
Initials:
 J H
Service No:
 76389238BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 1 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1980-06-10
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Date of Birth:
 1960-06-06
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Operation Sceptic, in contact with the enemy at Smokeshell. Section Number One Ratel: Callsign 21A Ratel 21A was engaged from the front at virtually point-blank range by a 23mm ZU-23-2 Anti-Aircraft gun. Fourie was standing up in one of the right hand side fighting compartment hatches throwing hand grenades into enemy positions when he was hit in the midsection by a 23mm bullet that killed him instantly. His body was pulled back into the vehicle by his comrades.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. F. E. Fourie, of Knopfontein, District Alha
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Limpopo Province
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Cemetery:
 MAKOPANE (OR POTGIETERSRUST) CEMETERY
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