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BOBBY GENE JACKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1940 – January 13, 1967
Service recordBobby Gene Jackson, of Marshall, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- July 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Marshall, Missouri (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 22
- BOBBY GENE GOLDHAGENCorporal · January 13, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY HADDOXSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- EDWIN CHARLES HILLLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
From Marshall
- RAY STEPHEN LONGPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- CARL DEAN MILLERColonel · September 5, 1967
- BOBBY JOE WINKLERCorporal · January 2, 1968
- CLAY HOLT JRCorporal · August 28, 1968
- KENNETH LOREN JONESCorporal · January 14, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN DITTMERSergeant · April 18, 1969
- RONALD LEE EIDSONCorporal · July 11, 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.