Service Details
Name:
 JACOB
Given Name:
 BEN
Initials:
 B
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 101 Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1981-08-16
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, critically wounded on 14 August 1981 during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in the Kaokoveld. Died in hospital on 16 August 1981
Additional
Information:
No additional information known at this time
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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