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JACKSON THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1946 – February 3, 1967
Service recordJackson Thomas, of Collierville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Collierville, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 114
- WENDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
- ALVIN GENE TENNISONSergeant · February 3, 1967
- ROGER BLAKE TJERNBERGCorporal · February 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARCO JOSEPH BARUZZISpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 110
- RAYMOND FRANK DEMORYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 111
- STEPHEN CARROLL SANGERPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 113
- PAUL THEODORE SHORT JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14E, Line 113
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 114
- ALVIN GENE TENNISONSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 114
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.