South African Border War
Robert “Cliffy” Clifford
American seeking adventure
Phil Cairns
former member of the New Zealand SAS
Luther Eeben Barlow
Lt-Col. Eeben Barlow is a veteran of the South African Defence Force and was the second-in-command of its elite special forces 32 Battalion Reconnaissance Wing and went as the founder of Executive Outcomes
Lorenzo Morales Ramos
Cuban pilot of MiG-21 killed in Angola, other sources say MIG-23 ML near Lubango
Vladimir Tinyakov
Vladimir Ilyich Ivanogorodsky
Oleg Lazarev
Juan Miguel Benítez Fernández
Cangamba, at nightfall on 7 August 1983, there was a heavy firefight in front of Sector No. 1 as UNITA advanced from the houses, shouting, and the defenders were forced to retreat. The artillery fire destroyed the last remaining BRDM. In Sector No. 3, Cuban...
3 Dec 1987
Cuban soldier Osmani Bermúdez Argüelles is KIA in mine explosion (6 of his colleagues died along with him). He was part of a reinforcement column that was heading to Cuito Cuanavale
Emilio Jardín López
Osmani Bermúdez Argüelles
(Trinidad, 26-7-66). SMG. Died on 3-12-87 from a mine explosion (six of his comrades died along with him). He was part of a reinforcement column headed for Cuito Cuanavale.
Hermenegildo M. Piloto Lazo
Pilot Lazo, Hermenegildo M. (San José de las Lajas, 13-4-52). Died in action when his unit was attacked on 28-8-84, in Luena at about 20h00 (Mortar attack)