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BEN JACKSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 3, 1947 – August 15, 1970
Service recordBen Jackson JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 114
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 114
- BRIAN JOHN BENNETTSergeant · August 15, 1970
- HARRY EDWARD CHESSERSpecialist Five · August 15, 1970
- CURTIS COOPERSpecialist Four · August 15, 1970
- DONALD RAY HILLIARDLance Corporal · August 15, 1970
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.