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JOE JOHN JANAK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 21, 1946 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJoe John Janak, of Columbus, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 5
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Texas (Colorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 5
- JOSEPH HENRY INGRUMPetty Officer Second Class · May 12, 1968
- STEVEN ANDREW JARRETTFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE JONESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE WILLIAM CHAMPIONPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- FILIBERTO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- ROBERT BRUCE COHENCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- GERALD WAYNE COX JRCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- CHARLES ANTHONY GERONIMOStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 3
- STEVEN ANDREW JARRETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 5
- MICHAEL BRUCE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 5
- JERRY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 6
- JACK HARLAN KAMRATHPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 6
- JACK ALLEN MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 9
- GREGORY ARNOLD RINDYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 11
- WILLIAM FRANCIS ROGERSCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 12
From Columbus
- TEDDY ROOSEVELT JORDANSpecialist Four · October 22, 1966
- LEONARD ROBINSON JRSergeant · February 1, 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.