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WILLIAM ROBERT JANKA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 29, 1946 – March 5, 1967
Service recordWilliam Robert Janka, of New Berlin, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 29, 1946
- Home of record
- New Berlin, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 20
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- MAURICE FAULKNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN FEDDEMASpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- VICTOR C HILLPrivate · March 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WAYNE LAMPMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 21
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 22
- ORMAN DORR PHILLIPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16E, Line 23
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Six · Panel 16E, Line 23
- CLIFFORD EDWARD SPARKSSpecialist Six · Panel 16E, Line 24
- GERALD RONALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 25
- KENNETH WAYNE WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 25
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 26
From New Berlin
- JAMES WILLIAMS WASHKUHNLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- GEORGE JOSEPH CARRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES TOMCZAKSergeant · July 23, 1968
- MICHAEL OWEN MELLONCorporal · August 26, 1968
- ALEC HENRY HORNPrivate First Class · January 16, 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.