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LEWIS JAMES JACKSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1935 – June 26, 1966
Service recordLewis James Jackson, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1935
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 98
- HACHIRO IMAEPlatoon Sergeant · June 26, 1966
- JACK DANIEL JOHNSONSergeant · June 26, 1966
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- JAMES LEEROY NORTHROPSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 96
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 96
- RONALD CARL FORSBACHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 97
- JACK DANIEL JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 98
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 98
- HARRY TRACY RICHARDSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 99
- LEDELL WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 99
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.