35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  CPL Arnold Raymond Jackson    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



HHC Company
35th Infantry Regiment
Korean War


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal United Nations Korean Service Medal Republic of Korea War Service Medal



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, CPL Arnold Raymond Jackson, RA18343458, who died in the service of his country on October 24th, 1950 in South Korea. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Arnold was 20 years of age. He was from Watts, Oklahoma. Arnold's Military Occupation Specialty was 14c-Automotive Mech (2d Echelon).

The decorations earned by CPL Arnold Raymond Jackson include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Silver Star, the Bronze Star with V, 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.


Corporal Jackson was a member of the HHC, 3rd Battaion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on October 24, 1950. Arnold entered the service 28 August 1948.

BURIAL LOCATION, OAK HILL CEMETERY, SILOAM SPRINGS, AR

Silver Star

Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1951, Tokyo, Japan p 8.

The following men were posthumously awarded the Silver Star:

Cpl. Arnold R. Jackson, PrUe, Okla., Hq.and Hq. Co.

Born: Oklahoma (?)

Parents: Mangum C Jackson and Estelle L Jackson (?)

1930 Residence:

1940 Residence: Altus City, Jackson, Oklahoma (?)