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RAY LEE JACKSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 5, 1947 – August 25, 1968
Service recordRay Lee Jackson, of Jonesboro, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 16
- EDWARD JAMES GRAYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- STEPHEN ALAN JORDANCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KEENECorporal · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN CHARLES STROMBACKSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 24
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.