Robert Andrew Jackson
Corporal
I CO, 3RD BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Providence, Rhode Island
August 12, 1946 to January 13, 1968
ROBERT A JACKSON is on the Wall at Panel 34E, Line 42

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16 Mar 2001

REMEMBERED

by a friend.
E-mail address is not available.

 
23 May 2005

I'll never forget that day.

From a friend,
Harlem Keyes
India 3/9 USMC
harlem12@verizon.net


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Shortly before noon on 13 Jan 1968 a convoy enroute from Thon Son Lam to Ca Lu in Quang Tri Province encountered an estimated company of North Vietnamese, who promptly attacked the convoy with mortar fire, rocket propelled grenades, and small arms fire.

In the initial moments of the contact one of the trucks carrying 81mm mortar ammunition exploded, scattering smoldering ammunition along the road and surrounding area. Simultaneously, another truck was disabled by a rocket propelled grenade, blocking the road and halting the rear portion of the convoy. The convoy escort, India 3/9, dismounted and engaged the enemy force. The forward part of the convoy continued to Ca Lu, picked up Lima 3/9, and returned to the site of the meeting engagement. Artillery and air strikes were directed against the NVA, while additional ground forces began moving toward the area. As the Marine firepower built up, the NVA withdrew into the hills on either side of Highway 9 but by the time the fighting stopped eighteen Marines and one sailor were dead:

  • C Co, 3rd Shore Party Bn
    • Pfc Charles S. Sickler, Ewan, NJ

  • D Co, 9th Eng Bn
    • LCpl Robert J. Molossi, Daly City, CA

  • H&S Co, 3rd Bn, 9th Marines
    • 2ndLt Michael T. George, Erie, PA
    • LCpl Arthur Bustamante, San Fernando, CA
    • HN Dennis K. Rice, Phoenix, AZ

  • I Co, 3rd Bn, 9th Marines
    • 1stLt Alfred B. Russ, Peterborough, NH
    • Cpl Robert A. Jackson, Providence, RI
    • Cpl Lewis J. Parker, Gates, NC
    • LCpl Edward Sanchez, Los Angeles, CA
    • Pfc Rudolph J. Bielek, North Braddock, PA
    • Pfc Ernest Howard, Memphis, TN
    • Pfc Bruce A. Morrison, Proctor, VT
    • Pfc William O. Saunders, Tulare, CA

  • L Co, 3rd Bn, 9th Marines
    • LCpl Jackie R. Mc Elwee, Sidney, IL
    • Pfc Mark A. Lamprecht, Douglas, AZ
    • Pfc Harold L. Schreckengost, Rural Valley, PA

  • M Co, 3rd Bn, 9th Marines
    • Pfc Gerald A. Hiukka, Albany, OR
    • Pfc Eugene Law, Linden, NJ

  • Trans Co, 9th Motor Trans Bn

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