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JAMES WESLEY JACKSON JR
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 26, 1948 – September 21, 1969
Service recordJames Wesley Jackson JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on September 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 121
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 4 MAR
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 21, 1969
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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
Also on Panel 18W, Line 121
- GREGG WILLIAM HEIDRICHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- NATHANIEL JACKSON JRCaptain · September 21, 1969
- TOBY EDWARD JAECKELSSergeant · September 21, 1969
- NELS VERN ROSENLUND IISpecialist Four · September 21, 1969
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.