In Memory Of
LIEBENBERG, PIETER MARIUS
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1962-10-30
Service No:
78373362BG
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
4 South African Infantry Battalion
Unit 2:
attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
1983-12-31
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, near Cuvelai in Southern Angola during Ops Askari when their Ratel 20 was engaged by a Soviet 23mm ZU-23-2 Anti-Aircraft being utilised in the ground defence role. Killed instantly when the Ratel Command Cupola was hit by an armour-piercing incendiary projectile
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
B1
Cemetery:
KOFFIEFONTEIN CEMETERY
Localitly:
Free State
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Prof. and Mrs. B. J. Liebenberg, of Pretoria. Born Amsterdam, Netherlands. Studying Architecture at the Orange Free State University. He had 2 sisters
