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WILBUR DESMAR JACKSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1936 – May 16, 1966
Service recordWilbur Desmar Jackson, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1936
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 65
- SKYLER LANCE HASUIKEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- MARTIN FRANCIS KILLILEASpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- MALVIN LOWE NASWORTHY JRCorporal · May 16, 1966
- SHERWIN CRESCENT SCHOPPEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES ALBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 64
- SKYLER LANCE HASUIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 65
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD SURWALDFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 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.