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Identity
Person No.
33869
Service No.
83060095BG
Last Name
Willem 3
First Name
Jan Johannes Jacobus
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1956 (±1 yr) 375
Age at Death
27
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
South West African Police 140
Unit
South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 228
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
10 May 1983 144
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, during fierce engagement with a numerically superior force of SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland
Grave Reference
Likely buried in Namibia - Alternative Commemoration until grave found 135
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff

Citation
Unknown
External Source

https://www.izkor.gov.il (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)

South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #33869