SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION
Chapter 76 - South Florida
“The Green Berets”
February 18, 2024
Hello Members and Friends of the Association,
From Chapter 85:
All;
Invitation to MAJOR GENERAL WAYNE P. JACKSON's Celebration of Life. General Jackson was an Honorary member of SFA Chapter 85.
President Pete Marceau just sent me the information that MG Wayne P. Jackson has passed and we are invited to his Celebration of Life on Friday, 23 February in Loxahatchee, Fl.
If you plan to attend, please let me know ASAP so that we can provide a head count to the organizer.
MAJOR GENERAL WAYNE P. JACKSON
UNITED STATES ARMY, RETIRED
APRIL 9, 1929 - JANUARY 16, 2024
"Major General Wayne P. Jackson (Retired)
General Jackson was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 9, 1929. After several years of enlisted service in the U.S. Army Air Force and U.S. Navy, General Jackson was commissioned in 1951 as a Second Lieutenant upon completion of the Officer Candidates Course at Fort Riley, Kansas. His military service covers a span of thirty seven years and he retired as a Major General on April 8, 1984. General Jackson received his Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts degrees in psychology at the University of Tulsa. He did post graduate work at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Southern California. His military education includes the basic and advance Officers course at the Signal and Military Intelligence Schools. He has also completed the advanced courses at the Civil Affairs and Infantry Schools. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Army War College. General Jackson has served in various overseas theaters of operation and has commanded Signal Corps, Military Intelligence and Civil Affairs units. As a General Officer he served as the Director of Counter Intelligence and Security, the Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Intelligence at Headquarters, Department of the Army, the Commanding General of the 352nd Civil Affairs Command, and the Deputy and Commanding General of the 97th Army Reserve Command. General Jackson has been awarded the Expert Infantry Badge, the Parachute Badge and the Master Aviator Badge and the Expert Infantry Badge. His decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal and several other military awards and decorations.”
Bill
Bill Sander, Secretary
SFA Chapter 85
Joe Pruett on behalf of
Ed Pijuan
President