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CLARENCE JAMES JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 9, 1947 – August 3, 1968
Service recordClarence James Jackson, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 5
- GARY ELLIS HOADLEYSergeant · August 3, 1968
- WILLIAM STANLEY JONESSecond Lieutenant · August 3, 1968
- RONALD KEITH LEWISLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- LOUIS UISVILLE MENARD JRPrivate First Class · August 3, 1968
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.