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ROBERT ALAN JACKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1946 – February 17, 1968
Service recordRobert Alan Jackson, of Port Orchard, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Port Orchard, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 72
- HENRY F HENDERSON IIIPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- FRANK LEE HOGEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- SYLVESTER WARREN MCFARLANDLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- AMON FRANKLIN MOORE JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WARD FRAVELSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 70
- HENRY GREGORYPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 71
- FRANK LEE HOGEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 72
- RICHARD WARREN PERSHINGSecond Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 76
From Port Orchard
- JOSEPH ROBERT RIEBLILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLINTOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DARREL ZANE WRIGHTSergeant · February 6, 1968
- GUY NORTH BERNARDLance Corporal · March 2, 1968
- DONALD DALE HAWKINSSergeant · August 19, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE TURNERStaff Sergeant · September 18, 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.