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MARK DOUGLAS JACKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 7, 1950 – August 10, 1968
Service recordMark Douglas Jacks, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 41
- ALBERT RANDELL HAYNESPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- BEN LOPEZ HERRERAPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLINLance Corporal · August 10, 1968
- ROGER HULSEYCorporal · August 10, 1968
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.