Service Details
Name:
 HORN
Given Name:
 MARIUS
Initials:
 M
Service No:
 79571923PE
Rank:
 Staff Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 5 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1988-08-04
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Date of Birth:
 1960-12-23
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident, while returning in a convoy from Eshowe. His Samil truck stopped near Eshowe for a water break. Marius was sitting in passenger seat and while troops were climbing off the back, the vehicle started sliding down the embankment and hit the fence. A fence post went through the vehicle door and impaled him to his seat, killing him instantly
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. A. Horn
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 LADYSMITH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Block 26, Row A, Grave 101

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