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CARROLL THOMAS JACKSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1945 – September 16, 1972
Service recordCarroll Thomas Jackson, of Princess Anne, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1972, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Princess Anne, Maryland (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1972
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 73
- MELVIN L STEVENSONSpecialist Five · September 16, 1972
- KENNETH RICHARD BUELLLieutenant Commander · September 17, 1972
- VERNE GEORGE DONNELLYCommander · September 17, 1972
- THOMAS AUGUST GOETSCHAirman Apprentice · September 17, 1972
From Princess Anne
- JOHN HENRY BEAUCHAMP JRCorporal · March 16, 1966
- THOMAS WILSON MUIRSergeant · April 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE COTTMANCaptain · October 19, 1968
- JERONE JAMES WARNICKWarrant Officer 1 · April 15, 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.