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EDWARD JACKSON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1939 – October 17, 1966
Service recordEdward Jackson JR, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 9, 1939
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 82
- DAVID ARTHUR GILBERTPetty Officer Second Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM M HUBERTYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- KENNETH JOHN IVORYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 83
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.