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Identity
Person No.
31320
Service No.
93718674
Last Name
First Name
Sello Jonas
Initials
L S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Cause code
SUIC 384
Suicide
Cause of Death
Committed Suicide, at 1 SAI Bn. Shot himself with an R4 Rifle
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National 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
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (Mechanised)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Mechanised) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes

Ref SANDF 1998 RoH

Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Corps from SAWGP Regiment South African Infantry Corps; Unit leftover "21 Bn" → 1 South African Infantry Battalion (SAWGP Unit).
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 ("1 South African Infantry Battalion") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 10 Sep 2026: 93718674 Corporal L.S. Letsabo, 1 SAI, self-inflicted GSW head with R4, age 27. Matches this record (stored FirstName Sello Jonas, Initials L S; Regiment 1 South African Infantry Battalion; CauseDeath already has R4 at 1 SAI Bn). CONFLICT flagged, not changed: Graham age 27 vs stored Age 26 (EstBirthYear 1972). Not on Bushwar Books same-day post.

10 Sep 2026: John decision - Age set to 27 per Graham Last Post (was 26 / EstBirthYear 1972). EstBirthYear adjusted to 1971.
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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