Identity
Person No.
39241
Service No.
122175
Last Name
First Name
Ronald Owen
Initials
R O
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Msana Tribal Trust Land during Operation Enterprise
Military Service
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
1 Commando, 4 Troop
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Notes
ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Research notes
Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 (Rhodesia: Roll of Honour).
Geldenhuys scrape duplicate PersonNumber 49200 deleted 27 Aug 2026 (LastName BCR (Bronze Cross of Rhodesia), not a person; Msana 18 Apr 1979 is Gildenhuys, Ronald Owen.)
Geldenhuys scrape duplicate PersonNumber 49199 deleted 27 Aug 2026 (Geldenhuys/Gildenhuys spelling, same SN 122175 as Gildenhuys, Ronald Owen.)
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Geldenhuys — Rhodesian War Casualties
open source ↗
Rhodesia: Roll of Honour (chronological)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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