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LARRY ANTHONY JACKSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1942 – March 11, 1969
Service recordLarry Anthony Jackson, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1942
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 9
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1969
- TERRELL THOMAS HAMSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- STEPHEN HARDERSergeant · March 11, 1969
- LEWIS CRAIG HARRISPetty Officer Third Class · March 11, 1969
- LARRY LEON HODGESSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DAVID ROGERSCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 14
- PAUL WAYNE SHREWSBURYPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 15
- LARRY STRAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 15
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.