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LAWRENCE EDWARD JACKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1941 – September 5, 1965
Service recordLawrence Edward Jackson, of Stotesbury, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Stotesbury, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 75
- JAMES ALVIN BRANCHLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- WILLIE ELSWORTH H HONAKERSpecialist Four · September 5, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 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.