In Memory Of

McCALL, HUGH JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 44
Date of Birth:
 1935-05-08
Service No:
 727941
Rank:
 Acting Sergeant
Unit:
 1st Battalion
Unit 2:
 3 Commando, 11 Troop
Regiment:
 Rhodesian Light Infantry
Date of Death:
 1979-07-16
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near Buffalo Range during Operation Repulse, tragically shot while advancing uphill against the enemy in thick bush on the last day of a six-week bush trip. Another American Steve Dwyer was killed trying to rescue Hugh.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Harare (Salisbury)
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Husband of Jo McCall and father of Hughie and Melinda McCall. American Citizen from New York and had served with the U.S Army 173rd Airborne. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.