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MURRAY JUNIOR JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1948 – April 28, 1969
Service recordMurray Junior Jackson, of Marianna, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Marianna, Florida (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 72
- BERT MCCREE JENKINSWarrant Officer 1 · April 28, 1969
- HERBERT LEE MALONESergeant · April 28, 1969
- WALTER LEE NUTT IIIPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- ROY EUGENE PARKERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
From Marianna
- STANLEY GERALD HARTSONFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- ROBERT WILLIE WALLERSecond Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- AMOS HAYES BOUTWELLPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WILLIE DOUGLAS STEPHENSMaster Sergeant · March 6, 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.