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David Oyite-Ojok | |
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![]() Oyite-Ojok in 1981 | |
Nickname(s) | Lion of Uganda[1] Lion of War[2] |
Born | Lira District, Protectorate of Uganda | 15 April 1940
Died | 1 December 1983 | (aged 43)
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Service/ | Uganda Army (1963–1971) Kikosi Maalum (1971–1979) UNLA (from 1979) |
Years of service | 1963–1983 |
Rank | Major general |
Battles/wars | 1972 invasion of Uganda Uganda–Tanzania War Ugandan Bush War |
David Oyite Ojok (15 April 1940 – 2 December 1983) was a Ugandan military officer who held a leadership position in the coalition of Uganda National Liberation Army and Tanzania People's Defence Force which removed military dictator Idi Amin in 1979 and, until his death in a helicopter crash, served as the national army chief of staff with the rank of major general.
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