In Memory Of

DU RANDT, JOHANN CHRISTIAAN

Service Details
Age:
 32
Date of Birth:
 1954-12-09
Service No:
 70517313PE
Rank:
 Commandant
Unit:
 4th Artillery Regiment
Regiment:
 South African Artillery Corps
Date of Death:
 1987-09-03
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Crem Niche
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. V. H. D. du Randt