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JOHN HERSTON JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1947 – February 5, 1968
Service recordJohn Herston Jackson, of Kent, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 37
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Kent, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 37
- WILLIAM THOMAS JARVISSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- JOSEPH BARRY JONESCaptain · February 5, 1968
- LEE RAY KINGSpecialist Five · February 5, 1968
- HAROLD ANDREW KRAM JRSecond Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN CAMPENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 33
- LARRY VERNAL CLASPILLSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 33
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 34
- TIMOTHY JOHN DINEENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 35
- LAWRENCE GARY GRASSISpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 35
- HAROLD ANDREW KRAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 37
- THOMAS ANDREW MARCHUTPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 39
- JAMES EDWARD STOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 43
- WILLIAM EDWARD WESTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 46
From Kent
- FRANK JOHN PICELLE JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- MARK JOHN DEFRANGESergeant · June 25, 1969
- DANIEL LEE STARKEYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
- ROBERT KEITH BLOSSERSergeant · May 24, 1971
- RICHARD MORGAN REESCaptain · December 15, 1973
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.