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JAMES CLEVELAND JACKSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 5, 1948 – July 27, 1969
Service recordJames Cleveland Jackson, of Chester, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 58
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Chester, South Carolina (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 58
- DELMER LANGLY KINNEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- THEODORE EDWARD MANGUM JRPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- GARY PAUL LEACHFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1969
- EDWARD ANTHONY MISKOWSKICaptain · July 28, 1969
From Chester
- WILLIE JAMES MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- EDDIE LOUIS JAMES JRCorporal · October 27, 1967
- CALVIN DONALD DAWKINSCorporal · December 13, 1967
- ARTHUR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- CECIL JAMES CLACKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES GLENN RAWLSSpecialist Four · June 7, 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.