Ngulube (D S)

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 86106598HG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "NGUBANI, DUMISANI" (PTE, Sterf 17 01 88), matching PersonNumber 32259 (Ngubani, DateDeath 1988-01-17) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "86106598HG". 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.
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("121 South African Infantry Battalion") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
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".
Database-wide FirstName/Age contamination sweep (extension), 28 Sep 2026: FirstName 'Dumisani' and Age 27 were forward-filled from PersonNumber 32259 down a contiguous run of 2 records -- this record's own LastName ('Ngulube'), Initials ('D S'), ServiceNo ('') and DateDeath ('1992-01-01') are all genuinely distinct, confirming a different real person whose FirstName/Age were simply never captured. Unlike the first pass of this sweep, Unit is NOT touched here -- it is not part of this contamination (see the Unit-restoration correction on the related run) and this record's own Unit ('121 South African Infantry Battalion') is left exactly as found. FirstName and Age CLEARED; no replacement guessed.