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Identity
Person No.
32582
Old ROH no.
1176
Service No.
82069857CK
Last Name
Prins 17
First Name
David
Initials
D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1959 (±1 yr) 442
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
27 August 1983 112
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, Southern Angola, RPG-7 while mopping up after mortar strike on SWAPO/PLAN group in a village (with Scout/Rfn Joseph Wayne Muller). Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Aug 2026.
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Cape Corps 1,518
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,863
Locality
Western Cape 2,137
Cemetery
GRABOUW CEMETERY 5
Grave Reference
B3 1
Coordinates
-34.14143, 19.02356 OSM
Unit History
Attached To
54 Battalion
Part of
South African Defence Force (1957–1994)
Awards
Pro Patria Medal
Pro Patria Medal
South Africa
Pro Patria Medal warrant, Government Gazette No. 5171 (25 Jun 1976), Rule 5, as amended by GG No. 5575 (3 Jun 1977); discontinued by GG No. 25213 (25 Jul 2003, Schedule corrected by GG No. 26778, 17 Sep 2004) for service on/after 27 Apr 2003. Gazette extracts: https://rohsa.co.za/award.php?id=24
Notes

No additional information known at this time

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Aug 2026 / Bushwar Books Lest We Forget 27 August (https://www.warbooks.co.za/posts/lest-we-forget-27-august/ SACC attached to 54 Battalion; same RPG-7 incident as Muller. Unit was "1 Sa Cape" with Unit2 Air Force (polluted) — repointed to South African Cape Corps; Unit2 cleared; attachment to 54 Bn recorded.
4 Sep 2026: reverted Corps->Regiment for Cape Corps. John, citing SA History Online (sahistory.org.za/article/cape-coloured-corps-and-first-world-war), identified Cape Corps as a combat/recruiting identity with numbered battalions beneath it (like King's Royal Rifle Corps or the Machine Gun Corps), not an administrative branch grouping multiple distinct regiments -- unlike e.g. South African Infantry Corps, which genuinely groups different named regiments (Transvaal Scottish, Durban Light Infantry, etc).
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "South African Cape Corps" cleared -- duplicated Regiment ("Cape Corps") verbatim, pointing at a duplicate OrgEntity now merged into the canonical Cape Corps entity.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
by Carol Muller on 28 January 2009 · via source
CPL David Prins went in and were both killed with an RPG. Even if he is not a hero to the rest of this country, he will always be to me. He paid the highest price, he gave his life and I will always remember.
Dedications 2
by Carol Muller on 20 January 2009 · via source
To the soldier who died with my brother Wayne Muller in 1983. Many will forget but I will always remember.
on 26 August 2014 · via source
David Prins. I dedicate this day 27 August 2014 to you and my brother Wayne Muller with whom you died 31 years ago. Gone but never forgotten. Thank you for the offer you made Carol Muller