Service Details
Name:
 KRUGER
Given Name:
 IMMO KLAUS
Initials:
 I K
Service No:
 71367569PE
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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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:
 1981-05-29
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Date of Birth:
 1955-06-27
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, after suffering multiple shrapnel wounds in an accidental hand grenade explosion in the 32 Battalion training area. He flung himself onto the hand grenade to protect those around him.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. K. Kruger, of Karibib . ref. "Die Buffel Struikel" by L. J. Bothma
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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