Identity
Person No.
32157
Service No.
80821028SP
Last Name
First Name
Jorge
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,311
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. Eleven members from 101 Battalion SWATF and the 101 Battalion Romeo Mike Teams with attached personnel, were killed in action and 65 wounded during a contact with a numerically superior enemy force near Vinticet in Southern Angola. During the contact, some of the Romeo Mike Casspir vehicles burnt out after being knocked out by concentrated fire from Soviet RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rockets and Yugoslavian M60 HEAT STRIM and M60P Pencil STRIM rifle grenades
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
From 904SCC-RM7
Citations
Unknown
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