Identity
Person No.
48972
Old ROH no.
1007
Service No.
81955346HX
Last Name
First Name
Karetu
Initials
K
Date of Birth
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,586
Accident
Cause of Death
UNKNOWN SHOOTING INCIDENT SHOOTING ACCIDENT WITH RPG7 DURING MR K. MUHINJE ONBEKEND
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,856
South African Defence Force
Location
Notes
Unknown
Research notes
Mike Sandham reference, 25 Aug 2026, sourced to pantser.cmvo.org.za's "Lys van Weermaglede wat aan diens gesterf het" (SADF deaths 1962-2001, excl. 1993). Source columns as transcribed -- Rang: "RFN", Eenheid (unit, truncated in source): "102 BATTA", Plek/Oorsaak/Detail/next-of-kin (run together by the source's column layout): "UNKNOWN SHOOTING INCIDENT SHOOTING ACCIDENT WITH RPG7 DURING MR K. MUHINJE ONBEKEND". Additional wrapped text: "OPERATION". Unit left blank rather than inserting the truncated PDF unit text as a guess -- "102 BATTA" wasn't confidently mappable to an existing Unit record.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Lys van Weermaglede wat aan diens gesterf het (SADF deaths, pantser.cmvo.org.za)
open source ↗
SADF deaths PDF cross-check, 25 Aug 2026
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