Obituaries:  John W. Jackson, Sabine Parish       J-250
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 26, 1967
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Cpl. John W. Jackson

  Corporal John Wendell Jackson, a Ccombat flight chief on a C-37
helicopter, and a member of 1st Marine Air Wing, has been killed
in a combat assault on Viet Cong positions in Viet Nam. Corporal
Jackson's helicopter was shot down by enemy mortar fire during
the engagement.

  Jackson's wife, who lives in Shreveport, is the former Jerry
Norsworthy of Fisher. Cpl. Jackson had received the air medal and
commendations for his service in Viet Nam. He was the only son of
Lt. And Mrs. W. H. Jackson. His father was killed in the Normandy
invasion in 1944, during World War II. His mother is the former
Ercel Robenson of Mansfield, and now resides in Shreveport.

  Jackson was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Jackson Sr. of
Simpson, and a nephew of Russell Jackson, Assistant
Superintendent of Vernon Parish Schools, and F. W. Jackson Jr.,
principal of Simpson High School, and W. C. Jackson, a retired
Army Sergeant, of Alexandria, who is now employed at England Air
Base.