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JOSEPH EARL JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 6, 1949 – September 10, 1970
Service recordJoseph Earl Jackson, of Parkton, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 53
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
- April 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Parkton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 53
- DONALD RAYMOND HUEYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
- GEORGE LEONARD LOPEZPrivate First Class · September 10, 1970
- WALTER LEON POINTERSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
- CHARLES MICHAEL REEDSergeant · September 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ARNOLD BAINCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 51
- CHARLES MICHAEL REEDSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 53
- ERNESTO VICTOR SALAZARCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 54
From Parkton
- THOMAS MILLSAP IIISpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- BERNARD HODGESCaptain · December 6, 1970
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.