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DEARING MICHAEL JACKSON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
November 24, 1945 – December 13, 1969
Service recordDearing Michael Jackson, of Fayette, Missouri, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 53
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Av Boatswain's Mate (Acft Handling) (ABH)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- November 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Fayette, Missouri (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 53
- JAMES MICHAEL CHEATHAMCorporal · December 13, 1969
- GARY M GRYZENSergeant · December 13, 1969
- BRUCE GORDON GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1969
- JAMES EDWIN MELVIN JRSergeant · December 13, 1969
From Fayette
- ROBERT EDWARD PAIGECorporal · March 18, 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.