Billie Joe Armstrong Instagram – I was reluctant about sharing this post because it’s heart breaking. This is my uncle Little Jay Jackson. My mom’s youngest brother and the youngest of her 12 siblings. He was in the army. A green beret I believe.. He died in action in the vietnam war sometime around the Tet offensive. He served with honor and that’s something I can respect. I never met him but by all accounts he was a great brother and loving father. And a great young athlete. He was pretty close in age to my brother Alan who had the one relationship with him out of all my brothers and sisters. I just watched the Ken Burns documentary on Vietnam which is an amazing documentary. I highly recommend it. It made me curious to look him up. His name up is on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall of names. Someday I want to check it out. War is terrifying. I have memories of my aunts and uncles talking about him pretty openly .. I love this photo of him feeding a baby deer. His name really is Little Jay Jackson by the way