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DALTON EARL JACKSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1947 – October 17, 1966
Service recordDalton Earl Jackson, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 82
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 82
- DAVID ARTHUR GILBERTPetty Officer Second Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM M HUBERTYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- KENNETH JOHN IVORYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- EDWARD JACKSON JRStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- WILMER JAY WILLINGHAMWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 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.