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ALLEN VERONE JACKSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 5, 1948 – November 22, 1968
Service recordAllen Verone Jackson, of Moultrie, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 36
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Moultrie, Georgia (Colquitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 36
- RAYMOND BERT KYZERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE LENGYELPrivate · November 22, 1968
- HAROLD DWIGHT MILLERLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- LEO JUAN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · November 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY BURKHART CHIAGOPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 33
- LEROY DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 34
- DAVID MARTIN MISZEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 37
- RONALD JAMES PANICCIACorporal · Panel 38W, Line 37
- GALON GENE SPAFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 39
From Moultrie
- ROY LYNWOOD MURPHYLance Corporal · May 29, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS ELRODPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- MAX EUGENE SLOANLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- CLEMMIE JAMES TOMLINSONMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1967
- BRUCE CROCKLIN ALFREDPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BILLY HUGH HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
- WILLIAM EDGAR MCGUIREStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN LEWISCorporal · July 3, 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.