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JAMES EDWARD JANKA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1944 – March 8, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Janka, of Westmont, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 77
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Westmont, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 77
- WALTER BRUCE HOXWORTHSergeant · March 8, 1969
- DANIEL IRIZARRY-ACEVEDOSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- SAMUEL JULIUS IZZARDSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- DEAN HERBERT JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
From Westmont
- VERNE LYLE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · December 13, 1967
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.