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THEODORE JANKE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 5, 1946 – May 19, 1968
Service recordTheodore Janke JR, of Salina, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 11
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Salina, Kansas (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 11
- ROBERT EARL JENKINSSergeant · May 19, 1968
- GUY LEONARD JEWETTSergeant · May 19, 1968
- LARRY VERNON JOHNSENPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- DONALD VERN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
From Salina
- LLOYD DEAN LAKEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- GARY DEAN NAILCorporal · April 3, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · September 13, 1967
- MICHAEL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- EDDIE DEAN GADSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · July 21, 1968
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- YALE REZIN DAVIS JRMajor · November 19, 1968
- GEAROLD LEE BRANDTPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
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.