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WILLIAM JACKSON
Private · U.S. Army
May 14, 1948 – March 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam Jackson, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 50
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 50
- MORGAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- MANUEL BUSTOS ALONZOSergeant First Class · March 16, 1969
- CHARLES RONALD BARNESCaptain · March 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LERO BATTStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE JOE MARTINSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 46
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 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.