Identity
Person No.
33629
Service No.
67260869PE
Last Name
First Name
Jacobus Cornelius
Initials
J C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Shona Mutamanjamba in Southern Angola while carrying out reconnaissance mission to locate a suspected SWAPO/PLAN Base in the area. The three-man Team was tracked and ambushed by a numerically superior force of SWAPO/PLAN insurgents and in the ensuing fire-fight, two Team members were killed and the third member, although wounded, successfully evaded capture until the helicopter arrived to extract the Team. Upon hearing the approaching helicopter, the SWAPO/PLAN force broke contact and withdrew from the area
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Awarded Honoris Crux for action 18 October 1975, with 1 Reconnaissance Regiment
Citation
He distinguished himself as part of Bravo Group during Op Savannah
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project