Identity
Person No.
31332
Service No.
78373362BG
Last Name
First Name
Pieter Marius
Initials
P M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, near Cuvelai in Southern Angola, during Ops Askari when his Ratel 20 was hit in the command cupola by an armour-piercing round from a Soviet 23mm ZU-23-2 Anti-Aircraft Gun being utilised in the ground attack role
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Prof. and Mrs. B. J. Liebenberg, of Pretoria. Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Studying Architecture at the Orange Free State University. He had 2 sisters
Citation
Awarded for a non-combat or non-operational act of bravery on 12 September 1990 while serving with 82 Mechanised Brigade
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project