JACKSON, JAMES TERRY
From Knob Knowledge
1939-1972. Graduated from The Citadel in 1961. Captain in the the U.S. Air Force. Served in the Vietnam War as a weapons system officer. He was killed on March 23, 1972, when his F4 Phantom lighter bomber was shot down on a daytime mission over Laos. He was the last Citadel graduate to die in the conflict. He was posthumously promoted to Major. (Source: Alumni record, Citadel Records Management Department) (HN & DH)
