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PAUL CHALMERS JANTO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1946 – June 2, 1969
Service recordPaul Chalmers Janto, of Altus Afb, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Altus Afb, Oklahoma (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 45
- BRIAN RICHARD KELLYPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- JOSEPH GUY LAPOINTE JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
- ROBERT HARRISON MARTIN JRPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- MICHAEL MONTIJOCorporal · June 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE BRECHSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 42
- JOSEPH GUY LAPOINTE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 45
- JIMMIE LYNN REEDStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 47
- EMANUEL LAWRENCE SAUNDERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 47
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.