Identity
Person No.
3956
Service No.
76930V
Last Name
First Name
Benjamin Daniel
Initials
B D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, hit by flak at Suda and ditched, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB480
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Column 281.
Unit History
Notes
Son of Jacobus Johannes and Gertruida Magrietha Classen; husband of Johanna M. L. Classen, of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Queenstown Cemetery
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "24 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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