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Identity
Person No.
33784
Service No.
73272924PE
Last Name
Wakumbilwa 1
First Name
Hepute
Initials
H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1967 (±1 yr) 281
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Rank
Special Sergeant
Regiment
South West African Police 140
Unit
South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 228
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
02 March 1988 87
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet
Grave Reference
Likely buried in Namibia - Alternative Commemoration until grave found 135
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff

Citation

He distinguished himself as part of Bravo Group during Op Savannah

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #33784

Source: https://rohsa.co.za/person.php?PersonNumber=33784&pdf=1

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