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Identity
Person No.
31180
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Michael Paul
Initials
M P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
39
Death Record
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Cause of death not established
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,021
South African National Defence Force
Unit History
Role at time of death
Field Engineers
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Listed among the SA Army Engineer Formation's regular/closed units; exact formation date not given in the source. Needs further research.
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Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 67291112PE cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "KRUGER, MICHIEL" (SGT, Sterf 28 10 77), matching PersonNumber 31179 (Kruger, DateDeath 1977-10-28) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "67291112PE". 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: Unit leftover "1 Engineer Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
7 Sep 2026: CauseDeath was a forward-fill copy from PN 31179 (Kruger, Michiel Labuschagne (vingers) (M L)), an unrelated record -- cleared as contamination (CauseDeath-contamination scan, data/causedeath-contamination-scan-2026-09-07.md, batch 2), not a real cause.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Air Force". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.

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