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LEON JEROME JACKSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 27, 1943 – June 1, 1971
Service recordLeon Jerome Jackson, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1971, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 61
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 61
- DEAN ROBERT ISAACSSergeant · June 1, 1971
- PAUL GERALD MAGERSFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1971
- DENNIS LEE MEDUNASpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
- THOMAS CHARLES MICHEHLChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DEAN ROBERT ISAACSSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 61
- ANDREW CARNEGI STRONG IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 62
- EDWARD ALEC WERMANCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 63
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
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.