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BILLY LEE JACKSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1942 – April 9, 1968
Service recordBilly Lee Jackson, of Saraland, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- July 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Saraland, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 2
- GERALD STEVEN HANSENPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN HARDINStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1968
- RICKY GENE INLOWSergeant · April 9, 1968
- LARRY BARNEY JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
From Saraland
- HARRY DONALD WOODARDSpecialist Four · April 9, 1966
- JIMMY EDWARD STAMEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- CLAUDE PAUL MILLERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- LEE ARTICE DIXONLance Corporal · November 7, 1967
- JOHN OLIVER WHITESergeant · January 22, 1968
- ROOSEVELT HURST JRSergeant · July 5, 1968
- BENJAMIN ARTHUR THOMPSON JRStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1968
- LEVI JAMES WILSONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1971
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.