William Edwin Jackman

Korean War
Service #AO-1909398
Unit39 FTR INTCP SQ 18 FTR BOMB GP
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathSeptember 13 1951
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
First Lieutenant Jackman was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, 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.
Notes
First Lieutenant Jackman was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group. On September 13, 1951, while on a combat mission, four F-51s were attacked by three MiGs. He crashed about four miles west of Samdan-dong, Korea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.