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Identity
Person No.
31627
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Markus 2
First Name
Benfried
Initials
B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1965 (±1 yr) 279
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
05 January 1984 93
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet
Military Service
Rank
Special Sergeant
Regiment
South West African Police 158
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

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 10738227KD cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "MARITZ, ROBERTHA YVONNE" (RFN, Sterf 14 05 94), matching PersonNumber 31626 (Maritz, DateDeath 1994-05-14) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "10738227KD". 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.
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 27 against this record's 19. This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.

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