In Memory Of

VAN WYK, WYNAND ALBERT

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1968-11-17
Service No:
 84450683BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 2 Special Service Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
Date of Death:
 1988-06-27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during an air attack by MIG 23s on the Calueque dam (50km North of SWA border, Angola). His Eland armoured car was hit by a parachute retarded bomb, killing all 3 crew members. A Buffel was also hit, killing 8 soldiers from 8 SAI.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 PANORAMA CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. H. P. van Wyk, of Roodepoort.