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KEITH BRIAN JANKE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1943 – May 28, 1969
Service recordKeith Brian Janke, of Ashland, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 9
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Ashland, Wisconsin (Ashland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 9
- STEVE FREEMAN GRUBBCorporal · May 28, 1969
- ALBERT HILERIO JRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- EDWARD THOMAS KIEZKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- FRANKLIN LEROY KOCHFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVE FREEMAN GRUBBCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 9
- CLARENCE TAYLORCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 11
From Ashland
- ALLAN FREDERICK BERWEGERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN STURGALSergeant · March 22, 1968
- MARVIN LE ROY ERICKSONPrivate First Class · January 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.