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Houweling, Jeroen Michiel

Date of birth:
October 14th, 1980 (Purmerend, The Netherlands)
Date of death:
April 17th, 2010 (Deh Reshan,Uruzgan, Afghanistan)
Buried on:
Dutch War Graves Purmerend New Communal Cemetery
Plot: AA. Grave: 12.
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

On Saturday afternoon, April 17, 2010, the 29-year-old Marine Corporal Jeroen Houweling [Military rank of KplMarnsAlg 1 Marnsbat at the Royal Navy. Peacekeepers Afghanistan] was killed in an attack with an improvised explosive device. The attack took place around 3 p.m. local time (12:30 p.m. Dutch time) about 11 kilometers north of Kamp Holland, in the vicinity of the advanced military post Tabar in the Deh Rafshan area.

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