Service Details
Name:
 KLOOSTERZIEL
Given Name:
 JOHAN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 73288375PE
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 5 Reconnaissance Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1979-05-23
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Date of Birth:
 1957-01-30
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Shona Mutamanjamba in Southern Angola while carrying out reconnaissance mission to locate a suspected SWAPO/PLAN Base in the area. The three-man Team was tracked and ambushed by a numerically superior force of SWAPO/PLAN insurgents and in the ensuing fire-fight, two Team members were killed and the third member, although wounded, successfully evaded capture until the helicopter arrived to extract the Team. Upon hearing the approaching helicopter, the SWAPO/PLAN force broke contact and withdrew from the area.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kloosterziel, of Potchefstroom
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 North West Province
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Cemetery:
 POTCHEFSTROOM CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Block AGS Grave No A169

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