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JAMES TERRY JACKSON
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 28, 1939 – March 23, 1972
Service recordJames Terry Jackson, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 23, 1972, in Laos, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 TFS 8 TFW PACAF THAILAND
- Born
- September 28, 1939
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1972
- Age
- 32
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1972. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 118
- LARRY WAYNE HARVEYStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1972
- JAMES GLENN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1972
- MIGUEL ANGEL CRUZ ALICEASergeant First Class · March 22, 1972
- RONALD STANLEY ANDERSONAirman First Class · March 23, 1972
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 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.