Francisco Daniel "Danny" Roxo
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Staff Sergeant Francisco Daniel "Danny" Roxo (1933-1976) was a legendary Portuguese soldier in Mozambique. Born in Portugal, he moved in 1951 to Mozambique, then a Portuguese colony. He fought the FRELIMO insurgents in Niassa Province (northern Mozambique) with great success and was awarded by the Portuguese Government for his actions. After the Portuguese Revolution in 1974, he then moved to South Africa and joined the South African Defence Force to fight the Cuban and Angolan forces. He died in combat in an ambush.