In Memory Of

DE WAAL, JACOB CONRAD

Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1954-09-03
Service No:
70510813BT
Rank:
Private
Unit:
2 Parachute Battalion
Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
1978-05-04
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Ops Reindeer, raid on Cassinga, the greatest airborne raid on the continent of Africa in history. Shot clearing trenches
Commemoration
Cemetery:
ROUXVILLE CEMETERY
Localitly:
Free State
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. E. M. de Waal, of Weavind Park, Pretoria.