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JOHNNY FRANKLIN JACKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1949 – August 28, 1968
Service recordJohnny Franklin Jackson, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 50
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 46W, Line 50
- MICHAEL GALE HUTSONLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH INGRASSIALieutenant Colonel · August 28, 1968
- THOMAS ROBERT LAMBStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1968
- CHARLIE MURPHY LEONARDSpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.