Identity
Person No.
32099
Old ROH no.
1012
Service No.
73292054BA
Last Name
First Name
Glen Martin Felix
Initials
G M F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,414
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, artillery gun position received a direct hit from a salvo of 122mm Soviet BM-21 Katyusha rockets, during Ops Savannah
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Operation
Operation
Dates
1975-10-14 to 1976-03-27
About
SADF intervention in the Angolan Civil War following Portugal's withdrawal, in support of UNITA and the FNLA against the Soviet/Cuban-backed MPLA. South African armoured columns (Task Force Zulu and others) advanced deep into Angola, reaching within striking distance of Luanda, before withdrawing by late March 1976 amid international and domestic political fallout. South Africa's first large post-WWII conventional deployment and the opening chapter of the Border War's Angola phase.
Notes
Son of Mr. F. E. G. Muller, of Potchefstroom.
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
-
The War in Angola
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 26-28 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
Life is very short.On the 24th December 1975, Muller TA on the 5.5 atillery guns ask me to get his bush jacket out of the landrover.We saw a lot of fighting that day.We start shooting about 10 the morning.At 12 the enemy start shooting back.Around 18:00 the OP shout "gate toe''.We all run for the threnches.He and Theunissen were killed by a ''Red eye'' rocket when the last shots fell. eddie doyle
Dedications 1
in memory of my school friend. i will always remember you and always commemorate your death on 23 december 1975 gordon slabbert gordon@ispconnect,co.za