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JOSEPH LOUIS JACKSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 5, 1946 – September 19, 1968
Service recordJoseph Louis Jackson, of Edison, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 6 BN 1 ARTY
- Born
- March 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Edison, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 37
- RICHARD ALFONCE HOFFMANNCorporal · September 19, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN HOLTCaptain · September 19, 1968
- ROSS THOMAS HULSLANDERCorporal · September 19, 1968
- LLOYD WILLIAM JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
From Edison
- WILLIAM SHORTTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- RONALD MICHAEL MAYERCIKCaptain · November 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER PAVLOCAK JRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD TAMAGNINIPetty Officer Third Class · June 15, 1968
- EDWARD HOWARD MEEKER JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- HENRY JAMESPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER COLASURDOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- WILLIAM PHILIP GOODINGSergeant · August 17, 1969
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.