Service Details
Name:
 MCCANN
Given Name:
 MICHAEL SEAN
Initials:
 M S
Service No:
 82463563BG
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 101 Battalion, Romeo Mike Team
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Date of Death:
 1988-02-04
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Date of Birth:
 1966-07-20
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near Mupa in Southern Angola when their Casspir drove into an ambush and was struck by a Czechoslovakian RPG-75 Anti-Tank Rocket. The rocket struck the Browning Machine-gun mounting and exploded, spraying the inside of the vehicle with lethal shrapnel, killing them instantly
Additional
Information:
Son of Dennis McCann a South African Air Force Reservist
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 HOUT BAY (WEST) CEMETERY
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