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RAYMOND COLUMBUS JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 21, 1945 – January 15, 1967
Service recordRaymond Columbus Jackson, of Mt Vernon, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 47 AVN CO 12 AVN GRP
- Born
- May 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 35
- THOMAS JOHN HARTYSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- ROGER ALLEN HITESSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES HOUGHTIONCorporal · January 15, 1967
- EDWARD BRUCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
From Mt Vernon
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT VALENTINOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL ALFRED CUNNIONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- DAVID STEWART BOYDSergeant First Class · November 14, 1966
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- MOSES JOHN LEWISCorporal · December 31, 1967
- DONALD BRUCE SMALLFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS MADELSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- RONALD SAPORITOPetty Officer Third Class · May 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.