Service Details
Name:
 VAN WYK
Given Name:
 WYNAND ALBERT
Initials:
 W A
Service No:
 84450683BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
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Unit:
 2 Special Service Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1988-06-27
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Date of Birth:
 1968-11-17
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during an air attack by MIG 23s on the Calueque dam (50km North of SWA border, Angola). His Eland armoured car was hit by a parachute retarded bomb, killing all 3 crew members. A Buffel was also hit, killing 8 soldiers from 8 SAI.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. H. P. van Wyk, of Roodepoort.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 PANORAMA CEMETERY
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