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ROBERT BUFORD JACKSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1935 – September 21, 1966
Service recordRobert Buford Jackson, of Laurel, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 27, 1935
- Home of record
- Laurel, Mississippi (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 128
- TERRY LEE BARCUSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- LOUIS CLARK HINESSergeant · September 21, 1966
- NORMAN LEE ROY HOYTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HYDEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- VERNELL JENKINSSpecialist Four · September 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 127
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 127
- LOUIS CLARK HINESSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 128
- BILLY LANE LAUFFERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 129
- ANTHONY BRUCE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 130
- RONALD FRAN VANRAEMDONCKPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 130
From Laurel
- PORTER THAD DAVISSergeant First Class · November 26, 1965
- LARRY JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- GLENN GATES JACKSMajor · October 19, 1967
- COLBEN BENJAMIN STOKES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- FREDERICK DONALD MCCARTYSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- ELMER DEAN HILLSpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS JERRY WALTERSCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ARTHUR HARMONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- ANTHONY JEROME PORTISCorporal · August 15, 1968
- CHARLES LEE HATHORN JRSergeant · April 7, 1969
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.