Name: |
TOIVO |
Given Name: |
SIMON |
Initials: |
S |
Rank: |
Special ConstableOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
South West African Police |
Unit: |
South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET)Other Casualties from this Unit |
Date of Death: |
1986-05-11Other Casualties on this
Date |
Age: |
24 |
Cause of Death: |
Killed in action, during a fierce contact with heavily armed PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland when their Z5S Casspir was hit by a Soviet RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rocket |
Additional Information: |
ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2020-10-31