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FRED ORR JACKSON JR
Captain · U.S. Army
January 14, 1943 – September 5, 1969
Service recordFred Orr Jackson JR, of Ft Benning, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Benning, Georgia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 39
- GARY CURTIS HARWELLCorporal · September 5, 1969
- RON JACKSON HAYNESPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- RICHARD RAMSEL HUGHESSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- CHESTER LEE JACKSONPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER LEE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 39
- TERRANCE EDWARD LEDDENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 40
From Ft Benning
- JAMES LANE TALLEYSergeant · June 19, 1964
- MILES HENRY NELSONFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1967
- DAVID ARTHUR PURSERCorporal · March 16, 1968
- ROBERT HELM WOODCorporal · April 9, 1968
- ROLAND NATHANIEL BARNABYSpecialist Five · July 12, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM BROWNCorporal · August 23, 1968
- FRANKLIN LEE WEISNERMajor · October 10, 1969
- LEONARD THOMAS HIGDONCaptain · May 21, 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.