In Memory Of

HOCHAPFEL, CHARLES VERNON

Service Details
Age:
 44
Date of Birth:
 1941-09-18
Service No:
 05483417PE
Rank:
 Commandant
Unit:
 attd. 101st Battalion
Regiment:
 SWA GYM
Date of Death:
 1986-03-24
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, at 1 Military Hospital, received while on patrol with his men in a SWA-built Wolf mine-protected vehicle, they drove into an ambush. Sat with his head against the side of the passenger compartment, Charlie was fatally wounded when an Energa anti-tank rifle grenade struck the vehicle right where his head was. Of those evacuated to 1 Military Hospital, he was one of only a few who succumbed to his wounds. (Source General Georg Meiring).
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 1332.
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. E. M. Hochapfel