BEN JACKSON

Our Son, Brother and Friend.

Ben enlisted into the US Air Force right out of high school. For years, he was never really sure what he wanted to do as a career, though he had many talents. He was athletic, doing everything from football and baseball to cross country and golf throughout school, and then taking up snowboarding in his free time, something he often did with his brother, Matthew, and friends.

Though he had a hard time seeing it, he was deeply loved by many people. He never thought he was smart, but he was wise beyond his years, and extremely gifted. When he was younger, he could spend hours building model planes, and went on to build real ones in the Air Force.

He was artistic, with some of his work qualifying for the Wisconsin State Art Show when he was in high school. He was such a kind and gentle soul, that children especially gravitated to.

He always was and would have always been a kid at heart.

-Emma Jackson, Sister

Ben's friends and fellow airmen remember:

It was always fun watching him try to teach things to Evan because he would tease him a little and then explain it to him.

I was the supply guy before I left. But he taught me how to do safety wire and was always showing me what parts went where and I would always get it wrong.

He looked at me with a "seriously" kind of face and then I thought I broke something and his face was priceless like he was ready to make me feel bad! But he was so sweet and helpful about it like yeah that part just comes off all the time.

During the shop Christmas party he volunteered to do the competitive scavenger hunt and was trying his very best to win it for us. The object was to rush to find the item and get back to a chair kind of like musical chairs. Well it was down to the bottom two flights and the last object was to get a commanders coin and silly Ben was going around asking everyone for one but the commander was sitting right there and could of given him one We lost but it was so funny to see him doing that.