Service Details
Name:
 VAN WYK
Given Name:
 LEON FRANCOIS
Initials:
 L F
Service No:
 73340051BT
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
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Unit:
 Regiment Molopo
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Date of Death:
 1988-02-25
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Date of Birth:
 1957-10-19
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a contact with enemy forces in Southern Angola, when his Olifant Tank was knocked out by a Soviet 130mm field gun
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. C. van Wyk, of Nigel.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 ROODEPOORT NEW CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 34820

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