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JOHN JAY JANOSKA JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1946 – January 12, 1970
Service recordJohn Jay Janoska JR, of Plainview, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 29
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Plainview, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 29
- DANIEL EDNEY ECKENRODESergeant · January 12, 1970
- GORDON EDWARD EVANSLance Corporal · January 12, 1970
- EUGENE HOODPrivate · January 12, 1970
- JAMES DUANE PLANKCorporal · January 12, 1970
From Plainview
- JAMES JOSEPH BOLSONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- ERIC DONN SALTZPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
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.