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RICHARD ALBERT JACKSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1937 – January 31, 1968
Service recordRichard Albert Jackson, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 17
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1937
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 34 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 17
- ROBERT ANDREW HUIECorporal · January 31, 1968
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- DENNY MILBURN JACKSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WILEY JENKINSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER MARK BUTLERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 89
- MICHAEL LEONARD HOLIDAYSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 15
- VERNON H CHRISTOFFER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 21
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.