Service Details
Name:
 VAN ZYL
Given Name:
 IGNATIUS FRANCOIS
Initials:
 I F
Service No:
 W89397P
Rank:
 Constable
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Regiment:
 South West African Police
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Unit:
 South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET)
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Date of Death:
 1986-05-11
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a fierce contact with heavily armed PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland when their Z5S Casspir was hit by a Soviet RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rocket
Additional
Information:
ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 North West Province
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Cemetery:
 POTCHEFSTROOM CEMETERY
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