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NATHANIEL JACKSON JR
Captain · U.S. Army
September 1, 1939 – September 21, 1969
Service recordNathaniel Jackson JR, of Sanford, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 1, 1939
- Home of record
- Sanford, Florida (Seminole County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 121
- GREGG WILLIAM HEIDRICHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- JAMES WESLEY JACKSON JRGunnery Sergeant · September 21, 1969
- TOBY EDWARD JAECKELSSergeant · September 21, 1969
- NELS VERN ROSENLUND IISpecialist Four · September 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN BRUCE CECILSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 119
From Sanford
- TERRY DENVER CORDELLCaptain · October 15, 1962
- EDWARD FRANK GOLDCommander · December 22, 1965
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · May 21, 1966
- MICHEAL JOHN DRAKEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- SHELTON MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- PATRICK LINDSEY HALLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WOOD GRANTSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD JONESPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
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.