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DOUGLAS JACKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1941 – May 3, 1966
Service recordDouglas Jackson, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 19
- RONNIE EUGENE MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- WALTER SUTTON WOODLieutenant Commander · May 2, 1966
- EDDIE RAY DERRITTCorporal · May 3, 1966
- RICHARD GEORGE ENGELMANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 20
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 20
- FRED LEWIS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 21
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 22
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.