Identity
Person No.
32842
Old ROH no.
1275
Service No.
86437498BG
Last Name
First Name
Deon
Initials
D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Secondary Unit
attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
Defence Force
SADF 3,287
South African Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,462
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Accident, shot while attempting to resolve a dispute as one soldier had taken another hostage
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Notes
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Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
Deon Schutte was my Sisters fiance, he was based out near the Mozambique border. Apparently one of his coloured troops who was denied his medicines earlier in the day took another troop hostage. Deon was woken up in the middle of the night and asked to intervene he tried negotiating with(R4 RIFLE) the troop but was shot and mortally wounded through the chest. He was from Springs on the East Rand near Joburg. Another young life sacrificed for nothing.
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