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WALLACE MICHAEL JACKSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1947 – August 19, 1967
Service recordWallace Michael Jackson, of Mebane, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 187 MP BN
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Mebane, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 16
- BAXTER HARRISON ELLISPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD IRWINSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- RANDALL GORDON JACOBSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- MICHAEL BOMBERGER KOONSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1967
From Mebane
- WILLIAM NATHANIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- HAROLD THOMAS WILSONPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- JERRY LOUIS WAGNERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- RICKY LEE MEEKSLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
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.