In Memory Of
KEMPEN, WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
207066V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
17 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-02-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #FP593, missing Maritza airfield
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 282.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Gerhardus Petrus and Jacoba J. Kempen, of Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa. A mine overseer. Also known as Leon Kempen
