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LARRY WAYNE JANSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 8, 1947 – September 12, 1968
Service recordLarry Wayne Jansen, of Galesburg, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Galesburg, Illinois (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 39
- JOSEPH MACONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- KENNETH LEROY MARTINPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RONALD STEVEN MARTINPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- WALTER WILLIAM MCGINNChief Petty Officer · September 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LINDELL ADAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 44W, Line 34
From Galesburg
- ROBERT LOUIS FIELDS IIIAirman Second Class · January 27, 1966
- RONALD LEE EUNICEHospitalman · July 18, 1966
- GARY WAYNE ERICSONSergeant · January 5, 1970
- TERRY ELMER GUENTHERCorporal · March 12, 1970
- JAMES WATSON WOODCaptain · August 17, 1970
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.