Service Details
Name:
 KAPLAN
Given Name:
 MARTIN
Initials:
 M
Service No:
 68546134BT
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 2 Parachute Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1978-05-04
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Date of Birth:
 1952-10-31
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Ops Reindeer, raid on Cassinga, the greatest airborne raid on the continent of Africa in history. Shot in the chest on entering SWAPO base.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. R. Kaplan, of Nelspruit. ***Jewish
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 NELSPRUIT (SONHEUWEL) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2

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