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Identity
Person No.
30456
Old ROH no.
484
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Matan
Initials
J B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in anti-terrorist action, in the defence of Israel
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,825
South African Defence Force
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes

Son of Rina and Ilan

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 85480184BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "GACHE, ROBERT ANTONIO" (RFN, Sterf 18 11 89), matching PersonNumber 30454 (Gache, DateDeath 1989-11-18) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "85480184BG". 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.
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("Nachal") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
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".

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