In Memory Of

KLOOSTERZIEL, JOHAN

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1957-01-30
Service No:
 73288375PE
Rank:
 Corporal
Regiment:
 5 Reconnaissance Regiment
Date of Death:
 1979-05-23
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Block AGS Grave No A169
Cemetery:
 POTCHEFSTROOM CEMETERY
Localitly:
 North West Province
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kloosterziel, of Potchefstroom