In Memory Of

MUHEUE, MANNIE

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1961-11-12
Service No:
 81966160HX
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 102 Battalion
Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
Date of Death:
 1985-02-12
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when their Buffel Troop Carrier convoy was ambushed by a numerically superior force of approximately 40 heavily armed SWAPO/PLAN insurgents near Etanga, approximately 100 kms West of Opuwa, in Western Kaokoland. The first Buffel detonated a landmine and the other three vehicles were systematically knocked out by Yugoslavian M60 HEAT STRIM Anti-Tank rifle grenades and Soviet RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rockets. The survivors were then subjected to heavy automatic rifle, machine-gun and mortar fire before the SWAPO/PLAN force withdrew
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 13
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. K. Muheue. ***Might be MUHENJE