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DAVID ANDREW JACKSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – May 24, 1968
Service recordDavid Andrew Jackson, of Tulare, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulare, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 3
- LYNN GREGORY HIEBERTSergeant · May 24, 1968
- JERRY LEE HILBERTPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JERRY JAMES HILLPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JOSEPH M KAMINSKI JRPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN CARLSONCorporal · Panel 67E, Line 5
- WILLIAM EDWARD CASSIDYPrivate First Class · Panel 67E, Line 6
- JOHN CALVIN COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 67E, Line 7
- FRANK GEORGE EAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 68E, Line 1
- LARRY DEAN NOVAKSpecialist Four · Panel 68E, Line 5
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 69E, Line 1
From Tulare
- REYNALDO CASTIL HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- FRED CONTRERAS NUNEZStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM O SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ALVIN RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- LEONARD LONGHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD PURCELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- CHARLES ALEXANDER JONESSergeant First Class · May 22, 1969
- KEITH WAYNE LARIMERSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
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.