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ROBERT ALLEN JANS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1941 – February 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Allen Jans, of San Jose, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1941
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 39
- WILLIE LEE JAMESSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- DENNIS JOHN KROMREYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- GARY KENNETH LANNOMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- ANTHONY LAROCCOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CALVIN HART BIGGERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 35
- ERNEST CHAFFINS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 36
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 36
- JAY CEE DYERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 37
- STEVEN VICTOR GOLDSTEINPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 38
- ANTHONY LAROCCOPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 39
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 41
- MARK EDWARD POLICASTROPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 42
- ROBERT LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 45
- JOSEPH ANTHONY ZUNIGACorporal · Panel 41E, Line 46
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.