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Identity
Person No.
33377
Service No.
72241417KT
Last Name
Uzzell 1
First Name
Peter
Initials
P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1957 (±1 yr) 434
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
08 January 1983 127
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,436
Died of wounds, burn wounds, at 1 Mil Hospital. Wounded in a landmine explosion on 6 January when their Buffel detonated a boosted anti-tank mine near the Okangwati Military Base, while on route to Sodeliet base. One of the mines used was an old British Mk 8 Anti-Tank Mine and the metal plug on top of this mine penetrated the V hull of the Buffel on the welded seam. This ignited the diesel tank and a box of white phosphorus grenades in the vehicle
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Group 34 8
Unit
Virginia Commando 3
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Free State 737
Cemetery
WELKOM CEMETERY 19
Grave Reference
A29 1
Unit History
Part of
SADF Commando System category
Part of
Group 24
Notes

Son of Mr. J. J. Uzzell, of Glen Harmony, Virginia.

Research notes

MERGE 25 Aug 2026: PersonNumber 48796 ("Uzzel") deleted as a duplicate of this record -- identical ServiceNo (72241417KT) and DateDeath (1983-01-08), surname a spelling/OCR/case variant, confirmed via the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF cross-check. Same class of error as the Sekonjela/Sekonyela merge earlier the same day.
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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