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PAUL NASH JACKSON
Captain · U.S. Army
April 23, 1933 – January 24, 1970
Service recordPaul Nash Jackson, of St Pauls, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 62
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 23, 1933
- Home of record
- St Pauls, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 62
- MARK STEPHEN BUNDYSpecialist Four · January 24, 1970
- WILLIAM A GRIFFIS IIICaptain · January 24, 1970
- OLIVER YATES HARRELSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1970
- MILFORD DON ISAACSONFirst Lieutenant · January 24, 1970
From St Pauls
- LEO MCEACHERNStaff Sergeant · April 11, 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.