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Identity
Person No.
31651
Old ROH no.
36067
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Masango 4
First Name
Jabulani David
Initials
J D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1986 (±1 yr) 31
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
21 February 2011 706
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died when his parachute failed to open during a jump at Exercise Young Eagle at De Brug Training Ground 1
Died when his parachute failed to open during a jump at Exercise Young Eagle at De Brug Training Ground, Bloemfontein
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Gunner
Regiment
Air Defence Artillery 1
Unit
28th Bde. 3
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes

Son of Mr. B. Masango of Nigel.

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 65666281PE cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "MARX, WENTZEL" (SGT, Sterf 28 10 77), matching PersonNumber 31650 (Marx, DateDeath 1977-10-28) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "65666281PE". 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. | Gunners Association RoH lists them (Operational Duty Post 1989 2011 Gunner J.D. Masango) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
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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External References
Stories 1
by Source Leon Englebrecht on 08 March 2011 · via source
Soldier killed at Young Eagle A soldier has died in a parachute accident during this year's Exercise Young Eagle, the South African Army's annual airborne force preparation exercise. Gunner Jabulani David Masango, 25, who was based at 10 Air Defence Artillery Regiment in Kimberley was killed earlier today. The soldier was from Masechaba View, Nigel, and is survived by his father Mr. Bongani Masango. A Board of Inquiry has been convened to investigate the incident. The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Ms Lindiwe Sisulu, the Secretary for Defence, Ms Mpumi Mpofu and the Acting Chief of the South African National Defence Force, Lieutenant General Themba Matanzima, have extended their sincerest condolences to the family of the deceased.
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