Memorial Stone Botassart

On a green park is a memorial stone for Dominique Jacob.
" In Memoriam
Corporal Para Commando
Dominique JACOB
Child of the Botassart region
born on May 27, 1964
fallen in the service of peace
in Somalia
on March 12, 1993"

In the period 1992-1993, the United Nations carried out a peace mission in the civil war-ravaged African country of Somalia. Belgium was also asked to supply troops for this operation. The country sent a unit of Para-Commandos, the only unit with experience in Africa, supplemented by other units such as engineer, logistics, DOVO, ...
On March 12, 1993, a vehicle carrying five Para-Commandos hit a mine.
There were three fatalities: SLt Frédéric Boon (26 years), Corporal Dominique Jacob (28 years) and Corporal Eric Noël (25 years). Two others were injured: 1Sgt Jean-Bernard Mahieu and Private Soldier Frédéric Degiln.
On September 9, 1996, a memorial to Corporal Dominique Jacob was unveiled in Botassart. The memorial was created on the initiative of the association "Régionale Para-Commando Ardenne-Semois".

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• Text: Marie-Christine Vinck
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck