Service Details
Name:
 LIEBENBERG
Given Name:
 PIETER MARIUS
Initials:
 P M
Service No:
 78373362BG
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 4 South African Infantry Battalion
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Unit 2:
 attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
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Date of Death:
 1983-12-31
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Date of Birth:
 1962-10-30
Age:
 21
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
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
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 KOFFIEFONTEIN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 B1

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