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PAUL HOWARD JACKSON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 8, 1948 – March 12, 1969
Service recordPaul Howard Jackson JR, of Manchester, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Manchester, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 20
- EDWARD JOHN HAUGENCorporal · March 12, 1969
- ALAN ROGER HOSNEDLEStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
- FRANKLIN A JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
- NORMAN SHELDON SALIMANCaptain · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARLAN MERDEAN CRAFTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 18
From Manchester
- JOHN MARTIN ROUSCHERPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
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.