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GLENN GATES JACKS
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1933 – October 19, 1967
Service recordGlenn Gates Jacks, of Laurel, Mississippi, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Born
- March 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Laurel, Mississippi (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 40
- ROBERT LEE FLECKCorporal · October 19, 1967
- BURDETTE DELROY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · October 19, 1967
- DUDLEY NORMAN JORDANSergeant · October 19, 1967
- KENNETH DILLARD KREHBIELCaptain · October 19, 1967
From Laurel
- PORTER THAD DAVISSergeant First Class · November 26, 1965
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1966
- LARRY JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- COLBEN BENJAMIN STOKES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- FREDERICK DONALD MCCARTYSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- ELMER DEAN HILLSpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS JERRY WALTERSCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ARTHUR HARMONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- ANTHONY JEROME PORTISCorporal · August 15, 1968
- CHARLES LEE HATHORN JRSergeant · April 7, 1969
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.