Identity
Person No.
32505
Old ROH no.
2017
Service No.
76340843PE
Last Name
First Name
Louis
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident, in the single quarters at AFB Pietersburg
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,830
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Notes
Son of Mr. W. F. Pienaar, of Elsburg.
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 10 May 2026: 76340843PE Lance Corporal Louis Pienaar, Air Force Base Pietersburg, accidentally killed after being struck by a bullet in a shooting incident at the Single Living-In Quarters at AFB Pietersburg, age 20. ROH service number lacked PE.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" 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 "Air Force".
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 10 May 2026: 76340843PE Lance Corporal Louis Pienaar, Air Force Base Pietersburg, accidentally killed after being struck by a bullet in a shooting incident at the Single Living-In Quarters at AFB Pietersburg, age 20. ROH service number lacked PE.
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 125-128 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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