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JANIS ABOLINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1949 – January 4, 1969
Service recordJanis Abolins, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 4, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 32
- ROY ANTONIO AUBAINCorporal · January 4, 1969
- DARRYL VERDUE BARNESCorporal · January 4, 1969
- LAWRENCE VICK BEATTYSFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1969
- FRANK EDWARD BRAWNERCorporal · January 4, 1969
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.