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RICHARD JOHN JANKOWSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 18, 1943 – July 13, 1966
Service recordRichard John Jankowski, of Queens Village, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 61 MED DET
- Born
- October 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Queens Village, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 19
- GARY LEE SUNDETPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- GEORGE SALVATORE YOHNNSONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE BARTONLance Corporal · July 13, 1966
- FELIPE VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · July 13, 1966
From Queens Village
- ARTHUR CAVANAGHSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- DONALD MILLSStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES LUDWIGStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- RICHARD MARTIN SAMORAYCorporal · August 14, 1968
- GARY PHILIP SINCLAIRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1969
- DOUGLAS GERALD MACNEILFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 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.