Service Details
Name:
 PETRUS
Initials:
 J
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:
 1988-05-04
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a contact with a numerically superior Angolan and Cuban force at Donguena, north of Calueque, in Southern Angola. He was sitting in the rear of the Casspir and was hit by a RPG7 or AT grenade, which killed him and set the vehicle alight. During the recovery process the doors had swung open and his body must have fallen out. His body was never recovered. This is the same contact during which L/Cpl Papenfus was captured by the Cubans
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:
 Body not recovered

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