In Memory Of

WESSELS, LOUIS THEODORUS HERMANUS

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 1959-06-09
Service No:
 75339440PE
Rank:
 Sergeant
Regiment:
 1 Parachute Battalion
Date of Death:
 1981-01-15
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a fierce contact with a numerically superior FAPLA and SWAPO/PLAN force while supporting 32 Battalion during the Battle of Cuamato in Southern Angola. The Paratroopers had retreated in order to re-group when they were subjected to heavy enemy mortar fire. He was killed instantly when hit by mortar shrapnel.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BLOEMFONTEIN (IN MEMORIAM) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Free State
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Johannes Hermanus Wessels and Annette Marguerite Wicht, of Universitas, Bloemfontein.