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DAVID RUSSELL JACKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 11, 1947 – November 7, 1969
Service recordDavid Russell Jackson, of Cleves, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 44
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleves, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 44
- NATHANIEL JULIUS RILEY JRPrivate · November 7, 1969
- GREGORY P RUGENSTEINSergeant · November 7, 1969
- RICHARD SHIRMANGFirst Sergeant · November 7, 1969
- RICHARD LYLE ADAMSStaff Sergeant · November 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CURTIS GREESONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 42
- HARRY EDWARD UNDERWOODCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 42
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 43
From Cleves
- RICHARD CRAIG BRAMFirst Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- EDDIE CARL GIBSONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- DAVID LEWISPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- MICHAEL LYN CHASECorporal · June 5, 1970
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.