In Memory Of

TCHIPANGO, WAITE

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 76928621SP
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 32 (Buffalo) Battalion
Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
Date of Death:
 1987-09-13
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Operation Modular, due to tactical circumstances, the troop got stuck in the mud of a shona near the Lomba River during a tank fight, and the Ratel 90 was destroyed at point blank by a T55 tank. Second Lieutenant Alves, his crew as well as 32 Bn members such as Captain Mac McCallum was killed instantly. The tank round penetrated the Ratel through the side door, detonated in the main ammunition storage container and resulted in an explosion causing the vehicle to catch fire
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 NEW SEC 161
Cemetery:
 KIMBO CEMETERY, BUFFALO
Localitly:
 Caprivi
Country:
 Namibia
Additional Information
ref. "Die Buffel Struikel" by L. J. Bothma