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DAVID ROLLAND JACKSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 23, 1942 – September 25, 1969
Service recordDavid Rolland Jackson, of Sheffield, Alabama, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 7
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Sheffield, Alabama (Colbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 7
- CHARLES HENRY GOLDMEYERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1969
- DAVID PAUL HENRYStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1969
- JAMES IVAN JAQUISHSpecialist Four · September 25, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM LUPUSergeant · September 25, 1969
From Sheffield
- THOMAS MANUEL DILLARDSpecialist Five · February 20, 1966
- FARLEY DEE THOMPSONMajor · December 23, 1966
- DONALD EARL BOSTONPetty Officer Third Class · April 7, 1967
- EARL DILLWORTH JRLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
- GARY RAY WIGINTONPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- PRESTON LEE HOWELLSergeant · May 9, 1968
- CLIFFORD C WALKERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- HOWARD BROWN HANDLEYStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1968
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.