The Wall › Panel 33W › West Virginia › Kenneth Edward Jackson
KENNETH EDWARD JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1949 – February 5, 1969
Service recordKenneth Edward Jackson, of Beckley, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 5, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 64
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Beckley, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 33W, Line 64
- WILTON NEIL HATTONMaster Sergeant · February 5, 1969
- GEORGE ERNEST HAYWARDWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- WILLIAM COLQUETH HIX JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- GARY MORGAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
From Beckley
- SHIRLEY WAYNE OBOYLEStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1966
- GEORGE WINTON THOMPSONMajor · May 15, 1966
- LEWIS CHARLES ROLLINSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1966
- DANNY RICHARD PARKULOSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROGER LEE BRUNOSergeant · April 1, 1967
- CLARENCE M GUNTHER JRCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · February 28, 1968
- WILLIE BUREL RICHMONDSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER PEMBERTONSpecialist Five · April 5, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD REDDSergeant First Class · April 27, 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.