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FREDERICK LEROY JACKSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1933 – October 15, 1967
Service recordFrederick Leroy Jackson, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 9
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 5 BN 2 ARTY
- Born
- May 23, 1933
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 9
- DAVID JAMES GRONAUPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- JAMES RANDALL HOTTENROTHFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- ARCHIE JAMES MAPLE JRSergeant · October 15, 1967
- QUENTIN DENNIS ZAMBANOSecond Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.