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DONALD ALLEN JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – November 16, 1966
Service recordDonald Allen Jackson, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 79
- JAMES ROBERT JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- SAMMY JONES JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BENTFELDPrivate First Class · February 2, 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.