In Memory Of
BIEDERMAN, RICHARD LOUIS
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
1951-06-19
Service No:
726658
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
"C" Sqdn.
Regiment:
Special Air Service
Date of Death:
1977-12-05
Cause of Death:
Died in Shooting Incident, in an accidental shooting in Mocambique. SAS operators were on covert operations aimed at disrupting ZANLA and FRELIMO logistical lines when the accident, involving another SAS patrol, occurred. He was an American national.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY
Localitly:
Harare (Salisbury)
Country:
Zimbabwe
Additional Information
ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.