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PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 17, 1927 – December 25, 1965
Service recordPaul William Jandershovitz, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 17, 1927
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 38
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- LARRY C THORNTONChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- FERNANDO SEDA JRLance Corporal · December 25, 1965
- LYNN CARL RENNERSpecialist Four · December 26, 1965
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- DAVID PAUL OPLINGERSergeant · June 16, 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.