The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, Earl K. Jackson, RA16264890, who died in the service of his country on September 1st, 1950 in Kube-Ri, South Korea. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Earl was 20 years of age. He was from Detroit, Michigan. Earl's Military Occupation Specialty was 4745-Light Weapons Infantryman.
The decorations earned by Earl K. Jackson include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Private Jackson was a member of the 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded by the enemy in South Korea on July 21, 1950 and returned to duty on August 19, 1950. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on September 1, 1950. Private Jackson was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,the Distinguished Service Cross, the Combat Infantrymans Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
BURIAL LOCATION,WOODLAWN CEMETERY, DETROIT, MI
His DSC citation:
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Earl K. Jackson (RA16264890), Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Company G, 2d Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Private Jackson distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces near Kube-ri, Korea, on 1 September 1950. Private Jacksons platoon, in defensive positions on a strategic hill, was viciously attacked in the early morning hours by a numerically superior hostile force supported by intense automatic weapons and grenade fire. The fanatical assailants swarmed up the hill, overran several individual positions, and ferocious hand-to-hand combat ensued. During the encounter, an enemy grenade was thrown within two feet of the emplacement occupied by Private Jackson and two comrades. Without hesitation, he jumped out of the foxhole, grabbed the grenade, and hurled it back, wounding one of the enemy. Then, while in another foxhole with three soldiers, a grenade was thrown into the position. Fully realizing the odds against him, Private Jackson threw himself on it, absorbing the full force of the explosion with his body. Private Jackson was mortally wounded in this fearless display of valor, but his willing self-sacrifice saved several of his comrades from death or serious injury and imbued the members of his company with indomitable resolution to repel the ruthless foe.
General Headquarters Far East Command: General Orders No. 206 (August 14, 1951)
Home Town: Wayne, Michigan
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