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KEITH MICHAEL JACKSON
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 25, 1949 – February 1, 1971
Service recordKeith Michael Jackson, of Cresskill, New Jersey, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1971, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · 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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Cresskill, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 72
- WALTER XABIER MENDEZPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
- THOMAS CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
- STEPHEN ALAN MOOREStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1971
- STEPHEN EDWARD WARRENSpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
From Cresskill
- WILLIAM RITCHIE MCKIMPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL KAPELUCKSpecialist Four · November 8, 1967
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.