
Husband of Mrs. M. J. Marx, of Durban.
SASFA In Memoriam (operators): confirmed Special Forces operator. SASFA: Marx Wentzel KIA 1977. https://www.recce.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4.1.-Memoriam.pdf 26 Aug 2026: Unit was leftover "28th Bde."; Regiment was "1 Reconnaissance Regiment". SAWGP Regiment 1 Reconnaissance Commando with no separate unit. 26 Aug 2026: Unit2 leftover formed-unit text cleared (not an arm-of-service or company/squadron qualifier).
Jack Greeff, "A Greater Share of Honour: The Memoirs of a 'Recce' Officer" (3rd edition, September 2023, ISBN 978-1-920702-37-3), chapter 4 "Operation Kropduif", pages 90-96. Greeff was in the assaulting force at Eheke on 28 October 1977 and walked the ground immediately afterwards, so this is EYEWITNESS testimony rather than a compiled account. Named among the dead: "Wentzel Marx... were all dead." Greeff describes the assault group on his left -- about half of the frontal assault -- as "either dead or wounded" when he reached them.
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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