South African Border War

Luther Eeben Barlow

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

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

Osmani Bermúdez Argüelles

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.   Birth: He was born on July 26, 1966, in Trinidad, Cuba, into a working-class...

Hermenegildo M. Piloto Lazo

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)   Birth: April 13, 1952, in San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque, Cuba. Family: He was the eldest of...

Facundo Moisés Rodríguez

Facundo Moisés Rodríguez

Died in a UNITA ambush on November 11, 1983, at the age of 26, during his service in the Cuban Army in Angola. He was a recognized internationalist combatant from Sagua de Tánamo, Holguín province, Cuba.

Carlos Luis Arencibia García

Carlos Luis Arencibia García

Carlos Luis Arencibia García (October 30, 1967 – August 25, 1987) was a Cuban internationalist combatant who died during a mission in Angola as part of the Cuban military intervention in the Angolan Civil War.  Birth: Born in El Rosario, Viñales, Pinar del Río, Cuba....

Carlos Emigdio Molina Sánchez

Carlos Emigdio Molina Sánchez

Birth: Born on August 5, 1964, in Ariza, Rodas, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Military Service: He served in the Cuban Army and participated in an internationalist mission in Angola. Death: He died in a confrontation with UNITA forces (counterrevolutionary bands)...