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ALEXANDER JACKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1945 – August 14, 1967
Service recordAlexander Jackson, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 109
- GARY STILLMAN CURTISSeaman · August 14, 1967
- LEONARD EUGENE EASLEYWarrant Officer 1 · August 14, 1967
- EUGENE FIPPSStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1967
- ERSKIN DAN LIVINGSTONStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE FIPPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 109
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.