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JAMES ARTHUR JACKSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1950 – November 11, 1969
Service recordJames Arthur Jackson, of Lakewood, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 57
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 57
- MERLIN GAIL BEERSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- CARL FRANKLIN GOACHERCorporal · November 11, 1969
- JOHN DANIEL HARRINGTONPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
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.