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  • Arthur J. Jackson
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  • Captain Arthur J. Jackson (born October 18, 1924) is a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on Peleliu during World War II. PFC Jackson single-handedly destroyed 12 enemy pillboxes and killed 50 enemy soldiers. On September 30, 1961, while serving at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, after a drinking bout where he consumed at least 6 martinis, Jackson fatally shot Rubén López Sabariego, a Cuban worker at Guantanamo, and unsuccessfully attempted to hide his body in a shallow grave.
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  • 3
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  • 0
  • 1
serviceyears
  • 1943
  • 1945
Birth Date
  • 1924-10-18
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Name
  • Arthur J. Jackson
Type
  • award-star
  • oak
Width
  • 80
Ribbon
  • Medal of Honor ribbon.svg
  • National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg
  • Purple Heart BAR.svg
  • American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg
  • Army of Occupation ribbon.svg
  • Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon.svg
  • China Service Medal ribbon.svg
  • US Navy Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon.png
  • United Nations Service Medal for Korea ribbon.png
  • World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg
  • Navy and Marine Corps Commendation ribbon.svg
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  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Captain Arthur J. Jackson (born October 18, 1924) is a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on Peleliu during World War II. PFC Jackson single-handedly destroyed 12 enemy pillboxes and killed 50 enemy soldiers. On September 30, 1961, while serving at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, after a drinking bout where he consumed at least 6 martinis, Jackson fatally shot Rubén López Sabariego, a Cuban worker at Guantanamo, and unsuccessfully attempted to hide his body in a shallow grave.