In Memory Of

MEYER, EUGEN ALBERT

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1967-08-05
Service No:
 83446344BG
Rank:
 Sapper
Unit:
 attd. 101 Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Corps of Engineers
Date of Death:
 1987-01-08
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Eleven members from 101 Battalion SWATF and the 101 Battalion Romeo Mike Teams with attached personnel, were killed in action and 65 wounded during a contact with a numerically superior enemy force near Vinticet in Southern Angola. During the contact, some of the Romeo Mike Casspir vehicles burnt out after being knocked out by concentrated fire from Soviet RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rockets and Yugoslavian M60 HEAT STRIM and M60P Pencil STRIM rifle grenades
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 WITTENBERG FREE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Mpumalanga
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Meyer, of Ermelo. From 904SCC-RM7