Identity
Person No.
32137
Service No.
73369662BT
Last Name
First Name
Isak Nel
Initials
I N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Secondary Unit
attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received at Onambutu in Northern Owamboland. While driving a Unimog vehicle on the pipeline patrol, his vehicle detonated two sandwiched Soviet TM-46 Anti-tank mines at Onambutu. He suffered a ruptured liver and lost both legs in the explosion and unfortunately succumbed to his grievous wounds before he could be evacuated by helicopter to the Surgical Hospital at AFB Ondangwa
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Mr. P. A. Myburgh, of Swellemdam.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
https://www.izkor.gov.il (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)
South African War Graves Project