Identity
Person No.
32314
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Vusumzi Joseph
Initials
V J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
36
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action in a battle with Michel Djotodia's Seleka rebel coalition in the Central African Republic
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SANDF 1,021
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Airborne light infantry (paratroops)
Status
Regular Force
Part of
Still the SANDF’s only full-time parachute battalion. 44 Parachute Brigade was downsized to 44 Parachute Regiment in 1999.
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Research notes
SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 72393762PE cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "NORTJE, GERHARDUS FREDERIK" (SGT, Sterf 01 02 86), matching PersonNumber 32308 (Nortje, DateDeath 1986-02-01) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "72393762PE". 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.
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