Identity
Person No.
31874
Service No.
83446344BG
Last Name
First Name
Eugen Albert
Initials
E A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action. Eleven members from 101 Battalion SWATF and the 101 Battalion Romeo Mike Teams with attached personnel, were killed in action and 65 wounded during a contact with a numerically superior enemy force near Vinticet in Southern Angola. During the contact, some of the Romeo Mike Casspir vehicles burnt out after being knocked out by concentrated fire from Soviet RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rockets and Yugoslavian M60 HEAT STRIM and M60P Pencil STRIM rifle grenades
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Meyer, of Ermelo. From 904SCC-RM7
Citation
Unknown
External Source
https://www.izkor.gov.il (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)
South African War Graves Project