Jackson Moses Sinyard Jr.
Jackson Sinyard Jr. was born June 19, 1932 in Cullman County. His parents were Jackson Moses Sinyard Sr. and Audie (Graves) Sinyard and they lived in the Brushy Pond Community. Jackson joined the United States Marine Corp and served during the Vietnam War.
June 25, 1965, Sinyard boarded a military transport jet believed to be bound for Vietnam. The plane never reached its destination. A press release from that day by the El Toro Marine Air Station states:
“A military jet transport, unaccountably failing to make a scheduled left turn, plunged into a fog-shrouded mountain and exploded after takeoff early Friday, killing all 84 men aboard–including 72 Marines believed bound for Vietnam.
There were no survivors in one of the worst military air disasters in peacetime history. It also was California’s worst air disaster.
The C135 air transport, military counterpart of the commercial Boeing 707 jetliner, smashed into a mountain 4.5 miles directly north of the end of the runway from which it took off moments before. Turn scheduled.
But Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) inspector Elmer Parks said that the flight plan called for the Air Force jet to have made a left turn 2 miles after liftoff.”
Jackson Sinyard Jr. is buried at Persimmon Grove Church of Christ Cemetery in Brushy Pond. He is also memorialized at Cullman’s Veterans Memorial Park.
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