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FREDERICK G JACKSON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1948 – October 22, 1968
Service recordFrederick G Jackson JR, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 20
- JEFFERY WILLIAM EVANSPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLMESPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- EUGENE WILLIAM KIMMELCaptain · October 22, 1968
- IRWIN LEE KNICKERBOCKERSergeant · October 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLMESPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 20
- WILLIAM WAYNE LESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 21
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
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.