In Memory Of
VAN DER VYVER, DEON
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1958-04-08
Service No:
74404443BT
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
2 Field Engineer Regiment
Unit 2:
13 Field Squadron
Regiment:
South African Corps of Engineers
Date of Death:
1980-03-07
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at the Chandelier near Elundu when a booby-trapped landmine coupled together with other improvised explosive devices, exploded while they were in the process of defusing it.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
VIRGINIA CEMETERY
Localitly:
Free State
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Hertzog Johannes and Delphiene van der Vyver, of Odendaalsrus.
