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Identity
Person No.
33379
Old ROH no.
1448
Service No.
68307446N
Last Name
Vallero 1
First Name
Mark Felice
Initials
M F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1952 (±1 yr) 288
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
13 September 1970 120
Cause code
MVA 2,628
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,761
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, while being transported in a Gladiator Troop Carrier back to Ladysmith Army Camp. Their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a Newspaper Delivery Van between Colesburg and Philippolis and the vehicle immediately burst into flames with the men still trapped inside and unable to escape
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
5 South African Infantry Battalion 98
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,346
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,825
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,866
Locality
KwaZulu-Natal 1,589
Cemetery
DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY 408
Grave Reference
Likely buried in Namibia - Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1
Coordinates
-29.88587, 30.97733 OSM
Unit History
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Motorised Infantry — Regular
Notes

Son of Mr. C. Vallero.

Research notes


Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 13 Sep 2026 / Bushwar Books Lest We Forget 13 September (https://www.warbooks.co.za/posts/lest-we-forget-13-september/ 68307446N Rifleman Mark Felice Vallero, 5 SAI, same Gladiator MVA, age 18. Exact match.
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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External References
Stories 3
on 09 July 2009 · via source
Died in a Military Vehicle Accident, involving his section being transported in a Gladiator. There was a bad crash and fire, with the troops trapped in the rear. The army vehicle he was in collided head-on with a newspaper delivery van between Colesberg and Philippolis, on their way back to
by John Dovey on 13 September 2014 · via source
68307446N Rifleman Mark Felice Vallero (5 SAI). He was 18.
on 17 August 2026 · via source
13 Sep 1970: Six members from 5 SAI and one member from 3 SAI were killed while being transported in a Gladiator Troop Carrier back to Ladysmith Army Camp. Their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a Newspaper Delivery Van between Colesburg and Philippolis and the vehicle immediately burst into flames with the men still trapped inside. The casualties were:
Dedications 1
on 27 June 2012 · via source
Marc was a school with me.I am going to visit his grave a Stellawood this weekend and mother who is still alive.I left SA over 20 years ago and have recently returned Nils Letler