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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Donald Eugene Jackson.

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DONALD EUGENE JACKSON

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

February 18, 1935 – December 8, 1966

Service record

Donald Eugene Jackson, of Yards, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 13E · Line 23

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Armor Crewman (11E)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
February 18, 1935
Home of record
Yards, Virginia (Tazewell County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 8, 1966
Age
31
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

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18 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 13E, Line 23

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.