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RICHARD JOSEPH JANSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 8, 1943 – December 21, 1967
Service recordRichard Joseph Janski, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 36
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 36
- RICHARD ALAN KASKEPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- CARROL GENE KEEHNERLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY KENNEDYPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- JOSE ANTONIO TINAJEROPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.