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Identity
Person No.
30684
Old ROH no.
578
Service No.
84385459BG
Last Name
Hendricks 36
First Name
Clinton
Initials
C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1969 (±1 yr) 301
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
25 February 1988 125
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,653
Killed in action, contact with insurgents in South Eastern Angola, near Cuito, during Operation Hooper. He was operating with 61 Mechanized Battalion Group SAM-7 Anti-Aircraft team. Just as he was exiting the vehicle to engage Angolan Air Force MIG aircraft with a SAM-7, an enemy 82mm mortar bomb exploded next to his Ratel IFV, killing him instantly
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Bombardier
Regiment
10 Anti Aircraft Regiment 15
Corps
South African Artillery 719
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,830
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
Locality
North West 534
Cemetery
ORKNEY CEMETERY 9
Grave Reference
A5 1
Memorial
Memorial
Battle of Cuito Cuanavale Virtual Memorial
Location
Cuito Cuanavale, Cuando Cubango province, Angola
Coordinates
-15.163, 19.173 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Hooper
On the panel
Operation Hooper
Memorial
Memorial
National Gunners' Memorial, Potchefstroom
Location
Potchefstroom, North West province, South Africa
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Operation
Operation
Hooper
Dates
1987-12-01 to 1988-02-29
About
Follow-on operation after Moduler: SADF/UNITA forces pursued the retreating FAPLA brigades toward Cuito Cuanavale, engaging in heavy fighting east of the town (including the ZSU-23 and mine losses recorded against several ROH names here) as FAPLA dug in behind the Cuito River with strong Cuban-reinforced air defence and armour support.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Air Defence Artillery
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Listed under the regular subsection of the SA Army Air Defence Artillery Formation. Exact formation date not given in the source.
Awards
Pro Patria Medal
Pro Patria Medal
South Africa
Pro Patria Medal warrant, Government Gazette No. 5171 (25 Jun 1976), Rule 5, as amended by GG No. 5575 (3 Jun 1977); discontinued by GG No. 25213 (25 Jul 2003, Schedule corrected by GG No. 26778, 17 Sep 2004) for service on/after 27 Apr 2003. Gazette extracts: https://rohsa.co.za/award.php?id=24
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hendricks, of Orkney.

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 25 Feb 2026: 84385459BG Bombardier Clinton Hendricks, 10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Killed in Action in Southern Angola near Cuito during Operation Hooper while operating with a 61 Mechanised Battalion Group SAM-7 Anti-Aircraft team; 82mm mortar exploded next to his Ratel IFV as he exited to engage Angolan Air Force MiG aircraft with a SAM-7, killing him instantly, age 19.
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "10 Anti Aircraft Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged. | Gunners Association RoH lists them (South African Border War 1988 Bombardier C. Hendricks) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
National Gunners' Memorial, Potchefstroom (photograph supplied by John, 16 Sep 2026): inscribed as "BDR C. HENDRICKS" -- rank, initials and surname all match this record exactly.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".

Citations
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External References
Stories 2
by Martin Jonker on 26 May 2006 · via source
Clinton was killed in Angola near Cuito and he was a Bombardier in the Anti-Aircraft SAM-7 team unit of 61 Mech.
by Best regards Jenny Jenny Reichel on 24 November 2008 · via source
Good day John, I would like to know if anybody ever sent you a photo of my brother. I only have photos of him as a child. So, please should you have a grave (or any other) photo of him please forward it to me.
Dedications 2
by Riaan van der Merwe on 30 May 2001 · via source
For a short while you were the brother I never had. For a short while you were one of the family, made us laugh, and love you. In our hearts you will stay for ever.
by Greg Davies (via Johan Schoeman, War in Angola) on 25 February 2017 · via War in Angola
From Greg Davies:
This is the last photo taken of Bdr Hendricks on right.