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EDWARD HENRY JACKSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 25, 1945 – February 16, 1967
Service recordEdward Henry Jackson JR, of Scarsdale, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Scarsdale, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 45
- JESSE W IVY JRCorporal · February 16, 1967
- RODNEY DEAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- LEMEN EARL JONESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- JEFFREY G KAZIKOWSKIPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 53
From Scarsdale
- BRIAN J CLUNEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD DARNELLCorporal · June 9, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CRUMMMajor General · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES C WINSTON IIIMajor · August 1, 1967
- THOMAS JOLLEY DEANSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- WILLIAM D VANTASSEL JRSergeant · October 7, 1968
- WILLIAM GRAVELLE SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- WALTER ALOYSIUS JOYCELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · August 18, 1969
- GOMER DAVID REESE IIICaptain · April 24, 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.