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NATHANIEL E L JACKSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1947 – April 16, 1968
Service recordNathaniel E L Jackson, of Georgetown, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Georgetown, South Carolina (Georgetown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; 50 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 15
- RONALD DOUGLAS HINSONSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE HULWI JRSergeant · April 16, 1968
- ROY DOUGLAS HURLBERTCorporal · April 16, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH JASKIEWICZFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1968
From Georgetown
- JOHN HENRY WALKERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1966
- JOHN I COOKSergeant First Class · January 29, 1967
- PHILLIP GRANTSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- BEN CALHOUN WARDPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- RUDOLPH CALVIN THOMASStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1971
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.