Identity
Person No.
31613
Old ROH no.
35220
Service No.
94754231PE
Last Name
First Name
Solomon Mongwenyana
Initials
S M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,634
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Nongoma. Tyre burst on a Samil 20
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,026
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (Motorised)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Motorised) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes
Son of Mrs. A. O. Maretlwa, of Mmabatho. Ref SANDF 1997 RoH.
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit, Last Post, 1 Sep 2026: Rfn S.M. Maretlwa, 10 SAI, military vehicle accident at Nongoma (tyre burst on a Samil 20), age 28. Matches ROH record. Same incident as Mohaladi, K.I. (PersonNumber 31780).
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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