Identity
Person No.
32969
Service No.
94209111PY
Last Name
First Name
Joel Diketso
Initials
J D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Able Bodied Seaman
Regiment
Corps
Unit
Defence Force
SANDF 1,029
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Research notes
26 Aug 2026: Corps from SAWGP Regiment South African Navy; Unit leftover "202 Battalion" → H.Q. (SAWGP Unit).
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Navy" 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 "Navy".
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