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Identity
Person No.
40455
Service No.
781139
Last Name
First Name
Denis Michael
Initials
D M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Military Service
Rank
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Grave Reference
Additional Information
Notes

No additional information known at this time

Citation

Awarded 13 October 1978 - "He was involved in 35 contacts in which 170 CTs were killed. This included 29 parachute deployments. In a contact on 27 June 1978, under very heavy fire, he went to the rescue of his wounded machine gunner. He accounted for 2 CTs, but in the follow up he was fatally shot".

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #40455