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Identity
Person No.
30827
Old ROH no.
632
Service No.
80359672BG
First Name
Jan Joachim
Initials
J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Cause code
MVA 2,633
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Ondangwa, Botsing tussen Buffel en sap voertuig
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Airman
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Janse Van Rensburg ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes

MERGE 25 Aug 2026: PersonNumber 48753 ("Janse van Rensburg") deleted as a duplicate of this record -- identical ServiceNo (80359672BG) and DateDeath (1983-11-09), surname a spelling/OCR/case variant, confirmed via the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF cross-check. Same class of error as the Sekonjela/Sekonyela merge earlier the same day. | Unit was contaminated with an unrelated Army unit (Infantry Battalion/Artillery Regiment/Commando/Special Service Battalion) that makes no sense for Air Force personnel -- found 28 Aug 2026 while investigating a similar report (PersonNumber 30827, Janse Van Rensburg). Affects 32 "ref. 85 years of SAAF" records in total, all correctly Corps = South African Air Force but each with a different, unrelated ground-forces Unit value -- looks like a batch-import misalignment bug, not a single bad value repeated. Cleared rather than guessed at a correct Unit.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.

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