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CLARENCE JACKSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 15, 1947 – November 6, 1967
Service recordClarence Jackson, of Leary, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Leary, Georgia (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 31
- LINWOOD CALVIN CORBETTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- SHERMAN LAWRENCE JONESPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- EMORY LEE JORGENSENSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANKLIN JUMPERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
From Leary
- BURNELL SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1967
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.