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JAMES CHARLES JACKSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1938 – November 17, 1965
Service recordJames Charles Jackson, of Oil Springs, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Oil Springs, Kentucky (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
161 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 81
- ALPHA RAY JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DEAN ALFRED JACKSONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
Same unit, same day
- EMMETT L DRESSLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 71
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 72
- PREZEL MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 87
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.