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GARY RAY JACKSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1951 – September 8, 1969
Service recordGary Ray Jackson, of Shawnee, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 59
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 31, 1951
- Home of record
- Shawnee, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 59
- THOMAS MICHAEL HUXSpecialist Five · September 8, 1969
- CLARENCE EDWARD LOWDERFirst Sergeant · September 8, 1969
- CARL LOUIS MEIERPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1969
- EUGENE FENTON SMALLWOODLieutenant Colonel · September 8, 1969
From Shawnee
- PAUL EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- BENJAMIN ARNOLD NICKS IIISergeant · April 23, 1970
- JAMES PETER HASSETTStaff Sergeant · June 5, 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.