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RICHARD THOMAS JACKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – January 6, 1968
Service recordRichard Thomas Jackson, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 58
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 58
- WILLIAM EDWIN BERNARDStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1968
- GEORGE LESLIE HORSMAN IIMajor · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE JONES JRSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN JRPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FREDERICK WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 61
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 1968
- JOHN R DAGOSTINO JRSergeant · April 30, 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.