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Identity
Person No.
32323
Service No.
94766870PE
Last Name
Ntlakana 2
First Name
Mbutho MacMillan
Initials
M M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1967 (±1 yr) 289
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
27 May 1996 113
Cause code
DROW 1,204
Drowned
Cause of Death
He drowned while doing swim/landing training at 16 Mile Beach 2
He drowned while doing swim/landing training at 16 Mile Beach, Langebaan
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Captain
Regiment
4 Special Forces Regiment 2
Formerly 4 Reconnaissance Regiment (1995)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
4 Special Forces Regiment 2
Formerly 4 Reconnaissance Regiment (1995)
Defence Force
SANDF 1,026
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
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
Part of
Special Forces Brigade
Part of
Special Forces Brigade
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

Husband of Mrs. N.D. Ntlakana of Queenstown.

Research notes

SASFA In Memoriam (operators killed in training): confirmed operator; died in training (SASFA: Operators killed in Training). SASFA: Ntlakana MM 1996. https://www.recce.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4.1.-Memoriam.pdf 26 Aug 2026: Unit was leftover "1 South African Infantry Battalion". SAWGP Regiment 4 Special Forces 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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