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NAME Andrew Jackson |
NICKNAME Percy (birth name) |
SERVICE NUMBER O-9924 |
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| UNIT VMSB-132 Pilot |
HOME OF RECORD 871 Beaverbrook Drive NW Atlanta, GA |
NEXT OF KIN Wife, Mrs. Jean G. Jackson |
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| DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1919 at Keysville, VA |
ENTERED SERVICE March 31, 1942 (commissioned) at Miami, FL |
DATE OF LOSS June 9, 1943 |
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| REGION Vanuatu (New Hebrides) |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Espiritu Santo |
CASUALTY TYPE Non-battle death |
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CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS On 9 June 1943, Jackson and radioman SSgt. Thomas J. Quinn participated in a training flight over Turtle Bay near Espiritu Santo. In the vicinity was a photo-recon fighter piloted by 2Lt. Robert C. Hanckel, Jr. The Wildcat and the Dauntless crossed paths and collided around 900 hours. All three Marines – Jackson, Quinn, and Hanckel – were killed in the mishap; none of the bodies were recovered. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Air Medal |
LAST KNOWN RANK First Lieutenant posthumous Captain |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered |
MEMORIALS Honolulu Memorial |
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