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BARRY JACKSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 11, 1948 – March 18, 1969
Service recordBarry Jackson, of Bloomfield, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 69
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 69
- DARCY ALLEN HOUCHINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- RAY RAMSEY JOWERSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- BARRY DANIEL MURPHYSpecialist Five · March 18, 1969
From Bloomfield
- GEORGE C KOSOVICH JRSpecialist Four · November 1, 1965
- EDWARD L BIEBERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- ROBERT SALMON BAGNALLCorporal · January 13, 1968
- DAVID HENRY DEFORGEFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 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.