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CHARLES ARTHUR JACKSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1944 – December 31, 1968
Service recordCharles Arthur Jackson, of Waterford, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 12
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Waterford, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1968; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 12
- ROBERT EARL ENRIGHTSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
- RICARDO GALVANPrivate · December 31, 1968
- ERNEST EDWARD GARRAHANSergeant · December 31, 1968
- STEVEN EUGENE HESLERPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK NEIL BONNERSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 11
- ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMIPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 11
- HARLAN SECRESSSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 13
- ROBERT HENRY SINCLAIR JRSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 14
- FRANCIS C SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 14
From Waterford
- RALPH JOHN PARKER JRCorporal · October 31, 1967
- FRANKIE ROSS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- DAVID ALAN ROGERSSergeant · February 20, 1970
- SHELDON SILVERMANStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1970
- JAMES HOWARD MACDOUGALMaster Sergeant · April 14, 1971
- ARNOLD EDWARD HOLM JRCaptain · June 11, 1972
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.