In Memory Of

VAN WYK, LEON FRANCOIS

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 1957-10-19
Service No:
 73340051BT
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 Regiment Molopo
Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
Date of Death:
 1988-02-25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a contact with enemy forces in Southern Angola, when his Olifant Tank was knocked out by a Soviet 130mm field gun
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 34820
Cemetery:
 ROODEPOORT NEW CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. C. van Wyk, of Nigel.