Service Details
Name:
 VAN WYK
Given Name:
 MARIO
Initials:
 M
Service No:
 76305879BG
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 32 (Buffalo) Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1980-06-04
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Date of Death 2:
 1980-06-06
Date of Birth:
 1960-03-23
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, north of Mulemba (approximately 80km inside Angola) during first phase of Operation Sceptic, specifically area clearing and domination as well as establishment of tactical HQ.
Additional
Information:
Van Wyk was part of the same deployment as Joao, Braz and Van Der Walt who had been killed the previous day at Mutuanjamba. A group of SWAPO had clashed briefly with SADF units at Mulemba, and were withdrawing northwards. A rough impromptu stopper group was set-up and they were rewarded when SWAPO walked into them and a number were killed. Random SWAPO mortar fire killed Van Wyk moments later.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 BOKSBURG CEMETERY
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