Cuba Archive - Case 9077

Case ID: 9077

Title: N/A

First name: Eusebio

Last name: González Hernández

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Eusebio González Llanes

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: Day:5 / Month:3 / Year:1955

Civil Status: Married

Date of death/disappearance: Day:4 / Month:5 / Year:1978

Citizenship: Cuba

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: N/A

Last known province-TOD: N/A

Last known province current: N/A

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: Cassinga

Location of death - city: N/A

Location of death province - at TOD: N/A

Location of death province - current: N/A

Location of death - country: Angola

Trial held?: No

Docket Number: N/A

Sentence details: N/A

Arrest or detention at time of death: No

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: N/A

How long imprisoned/detained: N/A

Death attributed to: Armed forces of another country

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: Angola war

Case description:

Member of Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) sent to fight in Angola who reportedly killed during a bombing raid by South Africa's Air Force. Cuba's 16-year military intervention in Angola (1975-1991) that involved over 377 thousand Cubans in support of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the SWAPO (South African People's Organization, fighting for Namibia's independence),  supported by the USSR. They were fighting, in a cold war scenario, against UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) and the FNLA (National Liberation Front of Angola, supported by the United States and South Africa.  
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Miembro de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias (FAR) enviado a pelear en Angola que murió durante un bombardeo por parte de la aviación de Sur Africa. La intervención militar cubana de 16 años en Angola (1975-1991) involucró a más de 377 mil cubanos en apoyo del Movimiento Popular para la Liberación de Angola (MPLA) y la SWAPO (Organización Popular Sudafricana, luchando por la independencia de Namibia), con el apoyo de la URSS. Estaban luchando, en un escenario de la guerra fría, contra UNITA (Unión Nacional para la Independencia Total de Angola) y el FNLA (Frente Nacional de  Liberación de Angola, con el apoyo de Estados Unidos y Sudáfrica.

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Violation Status: Reported: Highly likely / Highly reliable source(s)

Cause of Death: - Combat: Fatality or Missing in Action

Occupations: - Military Specific Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Armed Forces: military or militia

Affiliations: - Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas - Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias FAR

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Eusebio González Hernández