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JOHN WENDELL JACKSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 11, 1943 – May 12, 1967
Service recordJohn Wendell Jackson, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 96
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician A-4/Ta-4/Oa-4 (6332)
- Born
- August 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 96
- HORACE ALVIE HOLBROOKAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CHESTER LEE HOPKINSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- CLARENCE RAY HUSKSergeant · May 12, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 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.