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DANIEL JOHN JANHUNEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1944 – September 2, 1966
Service recordDaniel John Janhunen, of Butte, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Butte, Montana (Silver Bow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 61
- DAVID W ROBUSTELLINIPrivate First Class · September 1, 1966
- WILSON CHARLES BICKLEYSergeant · September 2, 1966
- TERRENCE JAY CATHERPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- JOSEPH QUINTON CONWAYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
From Butte
- JOSEPH E PARKER JRMajor · June 30, 1965
- RAYMOND DALE HOERNERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · January 13, 1967
- RONALD GREGORY BABICHCaptain · June 2, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SONSTENGPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM CAWLEYSeaman · March 14, 1968
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- MARVIN KENT ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
- RAYMOND GEORGE KRISKOVICHSpecialist Four · August 10, 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.