Dlamini, Xolani (chucky)

Identity

Person No.

30091

Service No.

Unknown

Last Name

Dlamini 31

First Name

Xolani (chucky)

Initials

X

Date of Birth

Unknown

Est. Birth Year

1989 (±1 yr) 4

Age at Death

24

Death Record

Date of Death

23 March 2013 143

Cause code

KIA 14,780

Killed in action

Cause of Death

Killed in action 14,654

Killed in action in a battle with Michel Djotodia's Seleka rebel coalition in the Central African Republic

Military Service

Branch

Army

Rank

Rifleman

Regiment

Unit 44 13

Unit

1 Parachute Battalion 50

Defence Force

SANDF 1,025

South African National Defence Force

Location

Country

South Africa 23,869

Locality

Gauteng 9,374

Cemetery

JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY 478

Grave Reference

Military 572 1

Coordinates

-26.15926, 27.9943 OSM

Memorial

Battle of Bangui Virtual Memorial

Location

Bangui, Central African Republic

Address

Bangui, Central African Republic

Coordinates

4.394, 18.558 · OpenStreetMap

Panel

Not listed against a numbered panel

On the panel

Position on the panel will be added with photographs

Operation

Operation Vimbezela

Dates

2007 to 2013

About

SANDF training/support deployment in the Central African Republic, ended after the March 2013 Battle of Bangui and subsequent withdrawal.

Unit History

Role at time of death

Airborne light infantry (paratroops)

Status

Regular Force

Part of

44 Parachute Regiment

Still the SANDF’s only full-time parachute battalion. 44 Parachute Brigade was downsized to 44 Parachute Regiment in 1999.

Awards

iPhrothiya yeSiliva (Silver Protea) (PS)

South Africa

Posthumous. Citation written by Col W.L. Dixon; signed off by GOC SA Special Forces Brig Gen R. Maphwanya, C J Ops Lt Gen D.M. Mgwebi, and C SANDF/Minister/President. Medal register number: Protea Silver 359.

Notes

No additional information known at this time

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 95074761PV cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "DLAMINI, SIPHO THOKOZANI" (RFN, Sterf 17 09 99), matching PersonNumber 30090 (Dlamini, DateDeath 1999-09-17) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "95074761PV". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".

Citations

Unknown

External References

Battle of Bangui: Medal Recipients (Parliamentary Question for Written Reply) open source ↗
Battle of Bangui medal recipients document
South African War Graves Project open source ↗
defenceWeb -- SANDF peacekeeper fatalities open source ↗
defenceWeb, "SANDF peacekeeper fatalities" and "DRC deaths pushed SANDF peacekeeper fatalities to over 100 since democracy" (compiled lists). Confirms existing record. NOT linked to the De Brug Wall of Remembrance -- that memorial explicitly excludes the Battle of Bangui (CAR) dead per its own stated scope.

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Dlamini PS , Xolani (chucky) (X)

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