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MICHAEL CHARLES JACKSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 10, 1949 – March 17, 1970
Service recordMichael Charles Jackson, of Simi, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Simi, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 13
- JAMES MICHAEL GRIBBINCaptain · March 17, 1970
- DOUGLAS GREGORY HOWESCorporal · March 17, 1970
- RAYMOND SIDNEY KIPPSpecialist Four · March 17, 1970
- DAVID RUSSEL KRUEGERCorporal · March 17, 1970
From Simi
- STEFFAN MICHAEL FREDSTILance Corporal · April 14, 1967
- GREGORY LAWRENCE MARTINPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- EDRICK KENNETH STEVENSPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM AYERSCaptain · July 20, 1970
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.