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CARL EMIL JANOWSKY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1948 – June 25, 1969
Service recordCarl Emil Janowsky JR, of Ithaca, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 13
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Ithaca, New York (Tompkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 13
- DARNELL HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · June 25, 1969
- ROBERT LEE KINGSpecialist Four · June 25, 1969
- JERRY LEE SOUTHARDCorporal · June 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JAMES CORCORANPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 11
From Ithaca
- JOHN ANTHONY TODIPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- DOMINGO IGNACIO AGUILARLieutenant Colonel · December 8, 1967
- PAUL JOHN GREENWOODSpecialist Four · January 17, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.