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CRAWFORD JACKSON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 23, 1949 – August 16, 1968
Service recordCrawford Jackson JR, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 27
- PAUL LLOYD HUFFSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- PATRICK LEO KORTESMAKISergeant · August 16, 1968
- GARY DON LAWSONPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- STEPHEN WILLIAM LEONARDISFirst Lieutenant · August 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LURAL LEE BLEVINS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 22
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 23
- JOSE ANTONIO GRANIELA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 25
- RAMIRO MICHAEL MORASergeant First Class · Panel 48W, Line 28
- GORDON A SKINNER IICaptain · Panel 48W, Line 30
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 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.