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RONALD EDWARD JAHNKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1943 – January 8, 1966
Service recordRonald Edward Jahnke, of Menasha, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 58
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Menasha, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 58
- DONALD RAY BLAIRCaptain · January 8, 1966
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- JOHN LEO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- MICHAEL VINCENT TIMMONSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
From Menasha
- ALBIN ANTON BARANCZYKCorporal · May 17, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM KRUEGERPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALLEN DAHLSpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
- HARVEY GEORGE JACOBSONCorporal · December 18, 1970
- SCOTT BRIAN WESTPHALSpecialist Four · February 21, 1972
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.