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DAVID LEE JACKSON JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 29, 1941 – January 17, 1966
Service recordDavid Lee Jackson JR, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 77
- EARL WILLIAM FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1966
- LAWRENCE THEODORE HAMMONDLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- JOSEPH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1966
- JOSEPH GEORGE SERCOVICHCorporal · January 17, 1966
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- JOHN DAVID FLANIGANPrivate · November 17, 1967
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.