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DAVID CHARLES M JACKSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 22, 1947 – February 26, 1969
Service recordDavid Charles M Jackson, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 68
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Asphalt Equipment Operator (62D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 68
- DUANE ALLEN HIPPLESergeant · February 26, 1969
- RONALD DEE JEWELLSergeant · February 26, 1969
- RICHARD MICHAEL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- SAMMY EDWARD KINNAMONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOBART EARL COVINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 65
- LEON RUSSELL GOODALE JRSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 67
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.