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DAVID WILLIAM JANISH
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 28, 1949 – February 22, 1970
Service recordDavid William Janish, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 44
- FRANK NUNEZ FIGUEROASpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- FREDERICK C FORTE JRSergeant · February 22, 1970
- ROBERT DEAN FROSTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- RONALD JOAQUINE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK NUNEZ FIGUEROASpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 44
- DENNIS PHILIP MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 46
- JOHN WILSON ROBERTS IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 47
- MICHAEL JAMES WAGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 47
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 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.