Identity
Person No.
32460
Service No.
76927011SP
Last Name
First Name
Rui
Initials
R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,460
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, with an Anti-personel mine during operations. He was carrying the armed mines they had lifted at their supply cache and he tripped, detonating them
Grave Reference
Location
Notes
ref "Die Buffel Struikel" by LJ Bothma
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
11 Sep 1977: 76927011SP Rifleman Rodriques Pedro from 32 Battalion was accidentally killed in an anti-personnel landmine explosion while laying mines during an operation in Southern Angola. He was 32.
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