Service Details
Name:
 VAN ROOYEN
Given Name:
 DIRK WILLEM
Initials:
 D W
Service No:
 83247502BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 1 Parachute Battalion
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Unit:
 "D" Coy.
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Unit 2:
 attd. 5th Reconnaissance Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1987-10-31
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Date of Birth:
 1967-03-01
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Nindango Angola, in Operation Firewood against Swapo
Additional
Information:
No additional information known at this time
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Limpopo Province
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Cemetery:
 PHALABORWA TOWN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 745

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