Private, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, US Army. Entered the service from North Carolina. Missing in Action. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross; from his citation: "For extraordinary heroism In action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. He, alone, captured a machine gun, killed two of the crew, and took the remaining three prisoners. Later in the same day he was killed while making a similar attempt."
Private, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, US Army. Entered the service from North Carolina. Missing in Action. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross; from his citation: "For extraordinary heroism In action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. He, alone, captured a machine gun, killed two of the crew, and took the remaining three prisoners. Later in the same day he was killed while making a similar attempt."
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Alice Jackson
1881–1964
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Katherine Marine Jackson Knowles
1883–1929
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Jesse Luther Jackson Sr
1886–1954
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Leroy Jackson
1890–1927
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Margaret Bright Jackson Stephens
1892–1969
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John Jacob Jackson
1894–1983
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Pvt Burwell Canady Jackson
1896–1918
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Simon Parrott Jackson
1900–1976
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Dorothy Ann Jackson
1903–1964
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Eliza Ann Jackson Casteen
1907–1989
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