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WILLIAMS OTIS JACKSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1936 – October 8, 1969
Service recordWilliams Otis Jackson, of Pratt City, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- March 10, 1936
- Home of record
- Pratt City, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 50
- DENNIS GONZALEZFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1969
- ELMORE LAWRENCE HALLStaff Sergeant · October 8, 1969
- RONALD ARTHUR KLINGMANPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
- RONALD HAROLD KNIGHTFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 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.