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WALTER JOSEPH JANKOWSKI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1944 – October 31, 1966
Service recordWalter Joseph Jankowski, of Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 31, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- August 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Chester Springs, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 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
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 1
- DAVID GREGORYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- PHILLIP DALE JOSLENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- HARRY WILLIAM JUNTILLACommander · October 31, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
From Chester Springs
- CHARLES HORTON EUBANKSpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
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.