Service Details
Name:
 VAN HEERDEN
Given Name:
 DAVID JOHANNES
Initials:
 D J
Service No:
 67456053BT
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 Eastern Province Command
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Date of Death:
 1979-06-04
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Date of Birth:
 1951-02-23
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in Shooting Incident, at Mpacha. He was struck by a bullet from an accidental discharge of a fellow soldiers rifle on 29 April 1979. He was transferred to 1 Military Hospital where he died, a month later
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. M. E. van Heerden, of Greenshields Park, Port Elizabeth. He was on duty at the time
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Eastern Cape
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Cemetery:
 PORT ELIZABETH (FOREST HILL) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Section 26, Row H, Number 9N

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