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JACKIE LEWIS FORD
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 4, 1948 – May 20, 1970
Service recordJackie Lewis Ford, of High Point, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 4, 1948
- Home of record
- High Point, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 68
- CRAIG MARTIN YANCEYPrivate · May 19, 1970
- CURTIS BOARDMANSpecialist Four · May 20, 1970
- ROBERT EMMET CAINCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JOSEPH ARTHUR CARDENASSpecialist Four · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JOSEPH HAZARDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 70
- MICHAEL JOHN MANIEREStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 71
- JOHN HOWARD WAALENStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 73
From High Point
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · November 4, 1965
- VICKEY EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- PHILIP OWEN PARRISHPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- JAMES EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1968
- FLOYD TYRONE SPENCERSergeant · March 11, 1968
- HASKER LEE NESBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- MILTON EUGENE FLOWERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
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.