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Identity
Person No.
48614
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Reeves 4
First Name
Jim
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1960 (±1 yr) 418
Age at Death
44
Death Record
Date of Death
20 January 2004 94
Cause code
MVA 2,648
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident 3
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, in Burundi while serving with the Peacekeeping Mission in that country
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment
5 Special Forces Regiment 20
Formerly 5 Reconnaissance Regiment (1995)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
5 Reconnaissance Regiment 9
Later renamed 5 Special Forces Regiment (1995)
Defence Force
SANDF 1,029
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Memorial
Memorial
De Brug Wall of Remembrance
Location
SANDF Mobilisation Centre, De Brug
Address
De Brug Mobilisation Centre, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Operation
Operation
Operation Fibre
Dates
2001 to 2009
About
SANDF contribution to the African Union/United Nations peacekeeping presence in Burundi during and after its civil war.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Special Forces (Reconnaissance)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Special Forces Brigade
Part of
Special Forces Brigade
5 Special Forces Regiment operates as one of the standing/permanent operational regiments of South African Special Forces, established from the same 1972 lineage as 1 Reconnaissance Commando. Special Forces are their own branch within the SANDF, not part of the Army.
Awards
Military Merit Medal
Military Merit Medal (MMM)
South Africa
Listed with this post-nominal on the SASFA In Memoriam PDF. https://www.recce.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4.1.-Memoriam.pdf
Notes

Jim Reeves was a nom de guerre.

Research notes

SASFA In Memoriam (operators): confirmed Special Forces operator. SASFA: Reeves Jim MMM DOI 2004. https://www.recce.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4.1.-Memoriam.pdf SAWGP details.php?id=42813 is this death (verified 2025-04-13); ROH PersonNumber 42813 is Madondo, SAPS — not merged. Age 44 from SAWGP. No service number given.
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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