Phillip Jackson was born on June 25, 1939 in Wichita Kansas, to parents Willard C. and Mary (nee Beatty), the youngest of four boys. At his father’s passing in 1945, he and his brothers were raised by his mother and stepfather, Perl Jackson Cluster. The family grew to include a sister Peggy and brother Clyde. Enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1961, Phil served during the initial years of the Vietnam Conflict, a legacy that…
