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MARK JACKSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – October 28, 1969
Service recordMark Jackson, of Vero Beach, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 128
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Vero Beach, Florida (Indian River County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 128
- RALPH SILVIO CINOTTISpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- PETER GEORGE HEINZMANStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1969
- ANGEL L HERNANDEZ-RIVERASpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- FERMAN BOBBY HODGESChief Warrant Officer 3 · October 28, 1969
From Vero Beach
- JAMES ELLIS LOUDERMILKSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- STEPHAN MAX WIGGINSSergeant · March 30, 1968
- LARRY DUANE ARONHALTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
- WILLIAM MARSHALL CLARKCaptain · February 23, 1972
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.