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RALFORD JOHN JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1948 – May 22, 1969
Service recordRalford John Jackson, of Tuba City, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- July 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Tuba City, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 76
- THOMAS CARMINE DEPALMAFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1969
- CHARLES ALLEN HILBERTPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD HUESTISSecond Lieutenant · May 22, 1969
- JOHN RAYMOND JACKSONSergeant · May 22, 1969
From Tuba City
- DANIEL DEE DENIPAHLance Corporal · December 28, 1967
- HAROLD L BEGODYSpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- OSCAR MALONEYSpecialist Five · November 2, 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.