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Identity
Person No.
41196
Service No.
726606
Last Name
Pfeil 1
First Name
Herman Gustav
Initials
H G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1955 (±1 yr) 398
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
20 August 1975 95
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action. Gunshot wound received in a contact while busy setting up an ambush near Pachanza Keep, Karuyana, Mr Darwin, Op Hurricane
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Rhodesian Light Infantry 155
Unit
1st Battalion 459
Secondary Unit
3 Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
South Africa 23,859
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
PRETORIA (HEATHERDALE) CEMETERY 42
Grave Reference
Buried on his fathers farm in the Macheke District. 1
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Infantry
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

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 20 Aug 2026: 726606 Lance Corporal Herman Gustav Pfeil, a South African national serving with 3 Commando, 1st Battalion Rhodesian Light Infantry, killed in action (multiple gunshot wounds) near Pachanza Keep, Karuyana, Mount Darwin, age 20. Unit was 1st Battalion — set to 3 Commando (UnitID 3674). Cause already Pachanza Keep / Op Hurricane.
Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 (Rhodesia: Roll of Honour). 26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "3 Commando" → 1st Battalion (SAWGP Unit).

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***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation

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