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Identity
Person No.
32253
Service No.
81564692PF
Last Name
Ngoma 2
First Name
Michael Simon
Initials
M S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1960 (±1 yr) 417
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
12 May 1984 119
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident 289
Died in Shooting Incident, gunshot wounds accidentally sustained
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
5 Reconnaissance Regiment 72
Later renamed 5 Special Forces Regiment (1995)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,838
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
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
Unit History
Role at time of death
Special Forces (reconnaissance)
Status
Regular Force
Each numbered Reconnaissance unit was renamed over time: "X Reconnaissance Commando" -> "X Reconnaissance Regiment" (1981) -> briefly a Parachute Battalion designation (1992/93, under "45 Parachute Brigade", a Special-Forces-only designation distinct from the real 44 Parachute Brigade) -> "X Special Forces Regiment" (1995). The parent formation itself changed name several times before 1995 (Special Forces Headquarters, then Directorate Reconnaissance(Forces)) with disputed exact dates between sources -- 1995 is the one date sources agree on. Corps classified as SAIC (South African Infantry Corps) per this site's own records; no independent source found confirms that for Special Forces units specifically -- treat as owner-asserted pending a better citation.
Notes

Son of Mr. B. Ngoma, of Messina. ***Might be 1982

Research notes

SASFA In Memoriam (operators): confirmed Special Forces operator. SASFA: Ngoma MS KIA 1982. https://www.recce.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4.1.-Memoriam.pdf SASFA operators list Ngoma MS KIA 1982 and training list Mngoma MS 1982. ROH DateDeath 1984-05-12 accidental GSW; AddInfo already notes date might be 1982. Same person assumed; not split. Fields left. 26 Aug 2026: Unit was leftover "Med Serv". SAWGP Regiment 5 Reconnaissance Regiment with no separate unit.
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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