Jackie Lee MorrisonPrivate First Class1ST PLT, M CO, 3RD BN, 26TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV United States Marine Corps 01 November 1942 - 25 January 1969 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Panel 34W Line 078 |
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Jackie served with my brother, Corporal Benjamin F Bolding. Benny wrote home about Jackie saying he was a real nice guy and easy to get along with.
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A Note from The Virtual WallIn the latter part of January 1969 the 3/26 Marines participated in Operation BOLD MARINER, a sweep of the Batangan Peninsula. By the 24th, Mike 3/26 had been withdrawn from the tightening cordon and was employed in the extremely hazardous business of searching booby-trapped tunnels and equipment caches. On 25 January twelve Marines and one Navy Corpsman were killed by booby traps and mines:
On the following day, a specially equipped amphibious tractor was brought in to try to open paths through the mine fields using line charges. Seven Marines were killed when one of the charges prematurely detonated within the AMTRAC:
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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 08 Apr 2006
Last updated 08/10/2009