Theuns Coetzee

Col Theuns Coetzee is a South African Army officer from the artillery who was decorated for valour.

Military career
He joined the South African Defence Force in 1976 as a conscript and qualified as a military parachutist. Battery Commander of 141 Battery at 14 Field Regiment. He saw action in Angola during the South African Border War as a result of which he was awarded the Honoris Crux for actions of bravery and being wounded in operations deep inside Angola during 1985. He served as at the  from 1988–1990. He passed the Army College course in 1991. He served as second-in-command of the School of Artillery and then was appointed as the Commanding Officer during 1995–1998. He resigned from the SANDF in 1998.