Service Details
Name:
 JOAO
Given Name:
 YOMBI
Initials:
 Y
Service No:
 76908342SP
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 32 (Buffalo) Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1982-03-13
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Date of Birth:
 1955-01-01
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the grueling eight hour ground fire fight of Op Super. A 45 strong force of 32 Battalion with gunship support killed 201 SWAPO as well as captured vast amounts of equipment in the rugged terrain of Kaokaland desert
Additional
Information:
Brother of Mr. M. Joao
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
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Locality:
 Caprivi
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Cemetery:
 KIMBO CEMETERY, BUFFALO
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Grave Reference:
 OLD SEC 208

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