In Memory Of

SMIT, WILLEM HENDRIK

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1960-06-15
Service No:
 76320795BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 2 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1980-08-30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while searching a Kraal in Northern Owamboland. The patrol entered a Kraal during a search for suspected insurgents while he remained on the Buffel Troop Carrier acting as the Gunner. An insurgent that was hiding in one of the huts fired an RPG-7 at the vehicle and the PG-7 Anti-Tank Rocket exploded at the position where he was standing, killing him instantly.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BLOEMFONTEIN (IN MEMORIAM) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Free State
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. W. H. Smit, of General De Wet, Bloemfontein.