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HENRY JACKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1942 – May 18, 1968
Service recordHenry Jackson, of Pineville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Born
- February 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Pineville, Kentucky (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 18
- LON BARRY EWINGPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- STANLEY A SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JAYE ARTHUR SHARPESergeant · May 19, 1968
- GEORGE OWEN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
From Pineville
- DAN WAGNER JRSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- WINCE ISAAC OVERTON JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- JAMES MIRACLE JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD WARDLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- HAROLD SULLIVANSergeant · February 20, 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.