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CECIL JACKSON JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 3, 1945 – August 29, 1970
Service recordCecil Jackson JR, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 21 SS CO 293 SIG BN
- Born
- April 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 22
- DANIEL LAWRENCE GROVERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1970
- HARRY THOMAS HENTHORNPrivate First Class · August 29, 1970
- BRIAN EDWARD JAYPrivate First Class · August 29, 1970
- MARK WENDELL MINEARWarrant Officer 1 · August 29, 1970
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.