Service Details
Name:
 DU RANDT
Given Name:
 JOHANN CHRISTIAAN
Initials:
 J C
Service No:
 70517313PE
Rank:
 Commandant
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery Corps
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Unit:
 4th Artillery Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1987-09-03
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Date of Birth:
 1954-12-09
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Atlas AM3C Bosbok #934, shot down by SA-8 South of Lomba river, Angola. During Ops Modular, was giving battery targeting information on the enemy when the Angolan brigades started shooting at the plane with SAM missiles guns. The plane was hit and crashed in a nearby field
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. V. H. D. du Randt
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Crem Niche

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