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ROBERT WAYNE JANTZ
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 24, 1947 – January 2, 1969
Service recordRobert Wayne Jantz, of Syracuse, Kansas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 20
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Syracuse, Kansas (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1969; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 20
- ROSS ARNOLD JOHNSON JRPrivate · January 2, 1969
- LEE ELMER MOORE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1969
- MELVIN DAVID MORGAN JRSpecialist Five · January 2, 1969
- JAMES CLIFFORD NICHOLSONSergeant First Class · January 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DEAN FRANKLIN BOLHOUSEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35W, Line 19
- MELVIN DAVID MORGAN JRSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 20
- CHARLES EDWARD SELLNERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35W, Line 22
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.