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ROBERT ELEE JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1950 – November 12, 1968
Service recordRobert Elee Jackson, of Paramount, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Paramount, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 54
- RALPH GUARIENTIPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- FRANCIS JOSEPH JURANIC JRLance Corporal · November 12, 1968
- FREDDIE LEE LAMKINSpecialist Five · November 12, 1968
- DALE K LARSONSergeant · November 12, 1968
From Paramount
- HUGH G SKIPPERSergeant · December 27, 1966
- CHRIS STEVEN EVANSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- GARY LEIGH NORDQUISTSergeant · January 24, 1968
- MELVIN LEE MARTZPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JAMES WENDELL HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- RANDALL MICHAEL WAUGHCorporal · July 5, 1968
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · September 16, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HULSESpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD WESLEY STITTPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- DAVID ELLIS OGDENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
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.