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NICKLOS BYRON JANES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 14, 1948 – November 4, 1967
Service recordNicklos Byron Janes, of Gainesville, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Georgia (Hall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 20
- RONALD JEROME BRITTCorporal · November 4, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- CLYDE WALTER KLINGENSMITHSpecialist Four · November 4, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN LOVELACEFirst Sergeant · November 4, 1967
From Gainesville
- RONALD CLEVELAND CLARKSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- ANTHONY EDWIN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · February 6, 1968
- FORREST GOUDELOCKSergeant · April 19, 1968
- WILBUR FLORENCE MATTOXPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- LUFKIN SCOTT SHARPCaptain · June 19, 1968
- CLAUDE TILLMAN ROPERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- GEORGE LAMAR YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · May 6, 1969
- JOHNNY BILL ROBERTSON JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 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.