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LAWRENCE HENRY JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1949 – August 7, 1969
Service recordLawrence Henry Jackson, of Red Jacket, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Red Jacket, West Virginia (Mingo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 108
- THOMAS LEE CLARK JRPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- EARNEST HEARD JRSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- RONALD RENE KIRKPATRICKSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH MASLAKSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN LEE BARTONCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 106
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 107
- BOBBY RAY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 109
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.