Service Details
Name:
 VAN HEERDEN
Given Name:
 JAC VAN ZYL
Initials:
 J V Z
Service No:
 83382218BG
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
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Unit:
 1 Special Service Battalion
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Former Regiment:
 seconded to the 10th Panser Troopers
Date of Death:
 1987-07-03
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Date of Birth:
 1967-07-15
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Two troopers of 1 SSB (seconded to the 10th Panser Troopers) walked into a "kraal", unaware of two enemy soldiers that were hiding in one of the huts. The two troopers, Cloete and van Heerden, received fatal shots from the enemy within the hut after identifying themselves to the local population of the kraal. Van Heerden was apparently shot through the forehead with a Makarov pistol and died instantly. Cover fire was laid down by the 10th Panser Troopers which killed the enemy soldiers in the subsequent battle that took place
Additional
Information:
Son of Pieter Willem Nel and Francis Floreen van Heerden
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 DEALESVILLE CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 A1

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