Service Details
Name:
 VAN DEN BERGH
Given Name:
 DEREK
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 74310210BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 8 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1980-05-05
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Date of Birth:
 1958-01-04
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, after suffering multiple shrapnel wounds when their TB came under attack from SWAPO/PLAN insurgents using mortars and RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rockets
Additional
Information:
No additional information known at this time
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 VEREENIGING (JACOBSKOP) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 3

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