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HARRY JOHN JACKSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1950 – November 11, 1969
Service recordHarry John Jackson JR, of Pleasantville, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 56
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Pleasantville, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 56
- WILLIAM ALFRED BLACKBURNSergeant First Class · November 11, 1969
- WALTER GUY BURKHARTCorporal · November 11, 1969
- RUBEN JOSE CARBAJALSergeant · November 11, 1969
- CLARK ROBERT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARK ROBERT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 56
- CHARLES JOSEPH KEITTPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 58
- RICHARD STEPHEN LEACHPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 58
- EDWARD WESLEY MCCARTYPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 59
- WILLIE EDWARD MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 59
- ROGER LEE TALLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 60
From Pleasantville
- JOSEPH DAVID PUGGISergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK MCCOLLUMCaptain · May 23, 1968
- GEORGE AUSTIN CARNEYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- JOSEPH PIPPENBACHSergeant · May 7, 1970
- CHARLIE WILLIAM TAYLORLance Corporal · August 17, 1970
- ALBERT ELWOOD METTINGERSergeant First Class · October 7, 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.