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DONALD GENE JACKSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1948 – April 23, 1968
Service recordDonald Gene Jackson, of Lakeside, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Lakeside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 39
- HARLEY FRANKLIN GRIGGSStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- LEWIS ANDREW HARMONPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · April 23, 1968
- TORO SAUL LOPEZ-DELSergeant First Class · April 23, 1968
From Lakeside
- NELSON F PULSIFER JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ERNEST WELCHPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- ROY LEE ESTRADASergeant · March 18, 1968
- HERBERT WALLACE ROLEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1968
- TERRIL WAYDE SNELSONPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- LARRY ANTHONY SALMONCorporal · June 4, 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.