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JEROME ELLIS JACKSON
Private · U.S. Army
August 25, 1952 – March 25, 1971
Service recordJerome Ellis Jackson, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 78
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 25, 1952
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 78
- MANUEL RAMERIZ PUENTESStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
- RICHARD JOSEPH ROSSANOCorporal · March 25, 1971
- LARRY ARNOLD SIMONSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · March 25, 1971
- ROBERT LEE WUNDERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE LEROY DODDSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 75
- CHRIS BROWN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 76
- OLIN DEWEY MARLAR IIISpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 77
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.