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LARRY ALLEN JACKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – November 11, 1968
Service recordLarry Allen Jackson, of Walton, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Walton, West Virginia (Roane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 49
- JERRY RAY HARDYPrivate · November 11, 1968
- THEODORE HARRISON JRSeaman · November 11, 1968
- JAMES GILBERT HUMPHREYSergeant · November 11, 1968
- LANE CARSTON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.