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THORNTON ISHAM JACKSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 8, 1945 – December 27, 1967
Service recordThornton Isham Jackson, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 74
- THOMAS SIMCOCK HUBBELLCaptain · December 27, 1967
- MITCHELL HUGHES JRLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- ROGER BURNS INNESLieutenant Commander · December 27, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS JAKOLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD D ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32E, Line 67
- JOHN PAUL BARSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 69
- ROGER LEE HENSONSpecialist Five · Panel 32E, Line 73
- MARK VEDDER SCHMIDTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32E, Line 81
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.