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ROBERT ANDREW JACKSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1946 – January 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Andrew Jackson, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- August 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 42
- MICHAEL THEODORE GEORGESecond Lieutenant · January 13, 1968
- JACKIE WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- GERALD ALLEN HIUKKAPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ERNEST HOWARDPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
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.