In Memory Of

VAN HEERDEN, DAVID JOHANNES

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 1951-02-23
Service No:
 67456053BT
Rank:
 Rifleman
Regiment:
 Eastern Province Command
Date of Death:
 1979-06-04
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in Shooting Incident, at Mpacha. He was struck by a bullet from an accidental discharge of a fellow soldiers rifle on 29 April 1979. He was transferred to 1 Military Hospital where he died, a month later
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Section 26, Row H, Number 9N
Cemetery:
 PORT ELIZABETH (FOREST HILL) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Eastern Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. M. E. van Heerden, of Greenshields Park, Port Elizabeth. He was on duty at the time