Identity
Person No.
48616
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
S A
Initials
S A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in operation (SASFA KIO 2013; day and month not published)
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Unknown
Regiment
5 Special Forces Regiment 20
Formerly
5 Reconnaissance Regiment
(1995)
Unit
5 Reconnaissance Regiment 9
Later renamed
5 Special Forces Regiment
(1995)
Defence Force
SANDF 1,029
South African National Defence Force
Location
Unit History
Role at time of death
Special Forces (Reconnaissance)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Part of
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.
Notes
Unknown
Research notes
SASFA In Memoriam (operators): confirmed Special Forces operator. SASFA: Seboa SA KIO 2013. https://www.recce.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4.1.-Memoriam.pdf Not one of the three 5 SFR names on the Kruger Park A109 crash 30 Mar 2013 (Janse van Rensburg PN 30825, Nidishishi PN 32268, Cele PN 29712). Initials only; no SN.
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".
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Unit veterans association
open source ↗
SASFA In Memoriam: Seboa SA KIO 2013 — confirmed Special Forces operator
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