Identity
Person No.
39279
Service No.
729803
Last Name
First Name
Stephen Michael
Initials
S M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Military Service
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
3 Commando, 11 Troop
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received in action near Buffalo Range, Op Repulse, trying to save Hugh John McCall, a fellow American
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Additional Information
Notes
American Citizen was born and raised in Jamaica Plain (Boston) Massachusetts, the youngest son of a large Irish American Catholic family. He enlisted in the USMC after high school and was stationed in Korea. Stephen at the age of 26 joined the Rhodesian Army in 1978. 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.
Citation
Awarded for 15 November 1976 in the battle of "Hill 31" in the Honde Valley against a gang of 40 terrorists of which 32 were accounted for
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project