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EDWARD MERLE JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1950 – September 1, 1968
Service recordEdward Merle Jackson, of Athens, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 21
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Athens, Texas (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 21
- JOHN PAUL NOWICKIStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- STEVE MASAO OHARASpecialist Four · September 1, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS PEEKPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- RONNIE CARDOZA PIMENTELPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL DEAN BUSSESergeant · Panel 45W, Line 18
- LUIS G GOMEZ-MESASergeant · Panel 45W, Line 19
- STEVE MASAO OHARASpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 21
- RONNIE CARDOZA PIMENTELPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 21
- ANGEL LUIS REYES JRCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 22
- ROGER LYNN SHREWSBERRYCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 22
From Athens
- KEITH WESLEY ALLENPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- GARY WAYNE EVERETTPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD BROOKSPetty Officer First Class · March 8, 1970
- THOMAS STOKES POWELLCaptain · April 19, 1972
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.