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HONORED ON PANEL 23W, LINE 9 OF THE WALL
KEITH BRIAN JANKE
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KEITH B JANKE
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POSTED ON 4.3.2025
POSTED BY: Tom Adamzak
Fishing at hot pond,ashland wis
Keith and i fished at hot pond right before he left to go to vietnam. R.I.P. Keith. sure miss ya.
POSTED ON 2.7.2023
POSTED BY: John Fabris
honoring you...
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever….
POSTED ON 9.11.2022
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Final Mission of SGT Keith B. Janke
During April 1969, 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade relocated its headquarters from Camp Radcliff to LZ Uplift in Binh Dinh Province, RVN. The transition took six days to complete (April 13th-18th), and on April 19th the Battalion initiated Operation Washington Green, a security and pacification mission in the four northern districts of the province. The Battalion conducted extensive cordon and search operations with local Popular Forces to rid the populated areas of Viet Cong (VC) guerrilla forces. They also performed active night patrolling in an attempt to eliminate infiltration and movement by the VC infrastructure. On the morning of May 28, 1969, a patrol from A/1-50th walked into a VC ambush nine miles northeast of Phu My City. The enemy detonated a U.S.-type Claymore mine against the troopers, killing two and wounding four others. The lost personnel included SGT Keith B. Janke and PFC Clarence Taylor. One of the wounded, PFC Steve F. Grubb was admitted to a military hospital where he expired shortly thereafter. All three men received posthumous promotions, Grubb and Taylor to Corporal, and Janke to Staff Sergeant. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “History of 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1 April 1969 – 30 June 1969” at ichiban1.org]
POSTED ON 11.8.2020
POSTED BY: Sharon Manthei
AHS Class of 1961
