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Identity
Person No.
31687
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Matheus 1
First Name
Filupus
Initials
F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1956 (±1 yr) 384
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
07 May 1984 92
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
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 23,873
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 89752554HJ cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "MATHETE, MALESELA FRANS" (RFN, Sterf 06 02 90), matching PersonNumber 31686 (Mathete, DateDeath 1990-02-06) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "89752554HJ". 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.
War in Angola Member Dedications forum (Johan Schoeman Excel export): listed as Matheus L., S/Sgt, SWAPOL Koevoet / SAP Security Branch Special Operations (K). Record is Filupus F., Special Sergeant, same unit, 1984-05-07 — treated as the same man (only Matheus on the Koevoet roll); initials L vs F noted, not overwritten.

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Dedications 2
by whaka on 25 July 2021 · via War in Angola
Our team Zulu Foxtrot burying Sgt Leonard Matheus at Ongwediva a few days later. RIP.
by whaka on 26 July 2024 · via War in Angola
Our team buried Leonard Matheus at Ongwediva a few days later. Nine SWAPO insurgents were killed during the contact. The insurgent that fired the RPG-7 that hit Casspir ZF-4 and killed Leonard who was the driver. As my Casspir ZF-1 approached. The insurgent had reloaded his RPG and was about to take a second shot. I shot him in the head with a burst of HE rounds 20mm Hispano auto cannon.