GREEN BERETS Jackson, Mark Wayne

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Jackson ​

• FORENAME

Mark Wayne ​

• UNIT

1 SF Group (ODA-145,Company A,2 Bn) ​

• RANK

Sergeant First Class ​

• NUMBER

• DATE OF DEATH

2nd October 2002 ​

• AGE

40 ​

• GRAVESITE

Glennie Cemetery,Glennie,Alcona County,Michigan​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Glennie,Michigan​

born 7.6.1962 Saginaw,Michigan (St Luke Hospital)​

son of William Alva and Janice Marie Jackson​

single​

graduated Swan Valley School system June 1981​

mason tender,Tawas,Michigan in civilian life​

joined Army Reserve 1983​

B Battery,4th Bn 38th Field Artillery (PFC - Sgt)​

joined Regular Army 1986​

C Battery,1 Bn 319th Field Artillery Regiment,82nd Airborne Division (SPC - PFC) 1987​

A Battery,2 Bn 20th Field Artillery 1987-89 (PFC - Sgt)​

18th Airborne Corps NCOs Course 1990 (SFC - Staff Sgt)​

SF August 1993​

5 SF Group (Company C 1 Bn Det A-536) September 1994​

1 SF Group (Company A 2 Bn Det A-142) December 1999​

1 SF Group (Company A 2 Bn Det A-145) August 2002​

awards Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster,Army Commendation Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters​

killed by terrorist bomb near Zamboanga,Philippines​

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