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JOHN RAYMOND JACKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 10, 1948 – May 22, 1969
Service recordJohn Raymond Jackson, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 76
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- April 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 76
- THOMAS CARMINE DEPALMAFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1969
- CHARLES ALLEN HILBERTPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD HUESTISSecond Lieutenant · May 22, 1969
- RALFORD JOHN JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.