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ROBERT JACKSON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1928 – March 6, 1969
Service recordRobert Jackson JR, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1928
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 55
- THEODORE CROSSMAN HALLSergeant First Class · March 6, 1969
- WILLIAM EDMOND LEE HARTPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- CLARENCE MICHAEL HOLLANDSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- DANIEL MORRIS NOELDNERSergeant · March 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALEXANDER BECKERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 51
- CARL DENNIS CAINSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 52
- JOHN ALBERT GRABBESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 54
- LOWELL ROGER GROVESPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 54
- WILLIAM EDMOND LEE HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 55
- JERRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 56
- DAVID GLEN LOVITTSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 57
- RICARDO JOSEPH ORTEGONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 58
- CLINTON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 61
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.