In Memory Of

VAN WYK, JACOBUS CORNELIUS

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 1951-11-24
Service No:
 67260869PE
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Regiment:
 5th 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
Cemetery:
 KRUGERSDORP (STERKFONTEIN) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Honoris Crux
Citations:
 He distinguished himself as part of Bravo Group during Op Savannah
Awarded Honoris Crux for action 18 October 1975, with 1 Reconnaissance Regiment