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THOMAS FRANCIS JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 6, 1948 – December 17, 1966
Service recordThomas Francis Jackson, of Waltham, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 53
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
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Waltham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 53
- ARNOLD MELVIN HULLPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- ALTON RAY KENNEDYCorporal · December 17, 1966
- ROGNER ANDRE LARSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
From Waltham
- EMIL JEROME TADEVICHCorporal · December 31, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD ONEILL JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- JOHN MILLER SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH PAUL RANDOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW DUPEREPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE RICHARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- REGINALD JOSEPH GAUTREAULance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- PAUL CHESTER KING JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- MICHAEL MURPHYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- KENNETH FREDERICK MOORESPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
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.