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LOUIS EMIL JANCA
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1932 – October 13, 1970
Service recordLouis Emil Janca, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 132
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 14, 1932
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 132
- JOSEPH LYONS CHESTNUTColonel · October 13, 1970
- ROBERT EDWARD HARPERCaptain · October 13, 1970
- GEORGE HENRY KINGSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 13, 1970
- ANIBAL P LOZADA-WICHYSpecialist Four · October 13, 1970
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 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.