Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER VYVER
Given Name:
 DEON
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 74404443BT
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Corps of Engineers
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Unit:
 2 Field Engineer Regiment
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Unit 2:
 13 Field Squadron
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Date of Death:
 1980-03-07
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Date of Birth:
 1958-04-08
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at the Chandelier near Elundu when a booby-trapped landmine coupled together with other improvised explosive devices, exploded while they were in the process of defusing it.
Additional
Information:
Son of Hertzog Johannes and Delphiene van der Vyver, of Odendaalsrus.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 VIRGINIA CEMETERY
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