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CHARLES JACKSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 5, 1946 – May 8, 1967
Service recordCharles Jackson, of Hammond, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 59
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Hammond, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 59
- JAMES EDWARD HARMONCorporal · May 8, 1967
- WALTER DENNIS HORNERLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT HUCKLEBERRYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
From Hammond
- BOBBY GENE JOHNSONSergeant · February 17, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD FRANCEWARSergeant First Class · January 6, 1969
- ROBERT GORDON COZART JRMajor · March 20, 1970
- EUGENE BEAN JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
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.