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THOMAS CLAYTON JACKSON
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1931 – November 15, 1966
Service recordThomas Clayton Jackson, of Autaugaville, Alabama, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 74
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Small Arms Repairer/Technician (2111)
- Born
- April 12, 1931
- Home of record
- Autaugaville, Alabama (Autauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 74
- BILLY RAY HUSSEYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES KEIPERStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- THOMAS C MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
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.