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JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 23, 1938 – January 27, 1966
Service recordJoseph Eugene Jackson, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 27, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 100
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 23, 1938
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 100
- HARRY CURTIS MCCARTNEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- HUGHLEN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN LANELance Corporal · Panel 4E, Line 98
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · Panel 4E, Line 100
- KENNETH GERARD MCBRIDELance Corporal · Panel 4E, Line 101
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 101
From Lancaster
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MARTIN JAMES LACHERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE DEWITTSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
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.