In Memory Of

FOURIE, JOHAN CAREL

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 1962-09-30
Service No:
 78487702BT
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 Regiment Groot Karoo
Unit 2:
 attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1983-12-31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in Action during Ops Askari in Southern Angola while attached to 61 Mechanised Battalion Group when a Soviet 82mm High Explosive Mortar Bomb landed and exploded on the Roll-bar of their Buffel Troop Carrier, spraying the inside of the vehicle with lethal shrapnel, killing them instantly
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BELLVILLE (STIKLAND) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Western Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. G. Fourie