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JOHNNY JACKSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1950 – June 11, 1971
Service recordJohnny Jackson, of Smithfield, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Smithfield, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 72
- LOUIE GOOCH MONTOYASpecialist Four · June 10, 1971
- WILLIAM CHARLES BILYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1971
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNIFFSergeant · June 11, 1971
- LOYD EUGENE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1971
From Smithfield
- JIMMY EARL CARTERPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- FRANKLIN DANIEL RAYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant · February 27, 1968
- LEE ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- SANFORD THOMAS ALLENStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- ARTHUR WATSONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM OMELIAChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 3, 1971
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.