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Identity
Person No.
31438
Service No.
90705344HG
Last Name
Lungameni 1
First Name
Tulengepo
Initials
T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1951 (±1 yr) 254
Age at Death
36
Death Record
Date of Death
29 January 1987 105
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, during a contact with PLAN insurgents, in Northern Owamboland
Military Service
Rank
Special Sergeant
Regiment
South West African Police 158
Corps
South African Infantry Corps
Unit
South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 214
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SWAPOL 159
South West African Police
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,272
Grave Reference
Likely buried in Namibia - Alternative Commemoration until grave found 135
Notes

ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 29 Jan 2026: Special Sergeant Tulengepo Lungameni, Koevoet, killed when their Casspir overturned in Northern Owamboland, age 36. Graham: four Koevoet members killed when their Casspir overturned in Northern Owamboland (same incident as Collen, Lungameni, Pius and Scheepers). Graham gave no service number. ROH cause is KIA contact with PLAN in Northern Owamboland (not overwritten). DATE DISCREPANCY 25 Aug 2026: pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths PDF gives this person's Sterf (date of death) as "12 12 92" (DD MM YY) against the same ServiceNo (90705344HG) and name -- differs from this record's DateDeath (1987-01-29). Not overwritten, flagged for reference.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: filled Corps -- each of these was EMPTY on this record and no existing value was changed. Derived fields recomputed inline where applicable.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: dates of death differ -- Mike 1992-12-12 this record 1987-01-29. A gap of a few days commonly separates wounding from death, or a burial date from a death date. Flagged, not changed.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives Age 24 against this record's 36. This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.

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