Identity
Person No.
33920
Old ROH no.
1857
Service No.
78913183SP
Last Name
First Name
Manuel
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,310
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, booby trapped mine in a bunker near Naulila (Operation Makalani)
Grave Reference
Location
Notes
ref "Die Buffel Struikel" by LJ Bothma
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Mike Sandham List 1
List 1 (Mike Sandham hard-to-research list): listed as 'Jenga' (year 1980). list wall/ref 80020128. matched ROH by force number 78913183SP. list surname/spelling form 'Jenga' vs ROH name. list notes: 01 Jan 1980(Date of Death 2 = 1980-12-31) M Jenga from 32 Battalion Unknown cause of death. Force Number = 78913183SP, Name and Rank = Yenga M.?, Rfn, Date of Death = 1980/03/03, Killed in Action when he triggered a Soviet POM-Z2 Anti-Personnel Picket Mine inside an enemy bunker ....
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
Stories 1
On 3 March 1980, 32 Battalion's platoons were ten kilometres inside Angola, and were approached by a member of the local population, who advised them of a SWAPO base west of the Cunene River and about one kilometre from Calueque. This information was not followed up as it was outside of the assigned patrol area. However, at 10:45 Golf Company's second platoon was following up on the tracks of some ten SWAPO insurgents, seven kilometres east of Naulila, and stumbled on a large underground cache of maize meal. Initial prodding by the platoon sergeant failed to indicate any signs of a booby trap, so Rifleman Yenga went to remove one of the sacks of maize. Sadly, this proved to be booby trapped, and the APPMISR jump mine concealed beneath the sack exploded, killing Yenga and wounding Corporal B. Dixisi and Riflemen M. Bocolo and M. Carlos. Information extracted from 32 Battalion: The Inside Story of South Africa's Elitre Fighting Unit , by Piet Nortje.
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