In Memory Of
KRUGER, IMMO KLAUS
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1955-06-27
Service No:
71367569PE
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
32 (Buffalo) Battalion
Regiment:
South West African Territory Force
Date of Death:
1981-05-29
Cause of Death:
Died in Freak Accident, after suffering multiple shrapnel wounds in an accidental hand grenade explosion in the 32 Battalion training area. He flung himself onto the hand grenade to protect those around him.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Alternative Commemoration until grave found
Cemetery:
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. K. Kruger, of Karibib . ref. "Die Buffel Struikel" by L. J. Bothma