Paul Jackson

Paul Jackson was a special-forces operator of the United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance, 1st Force Recon, and was the marine protagonist of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Jackson and other Marines are sent to the capital city of the unnamed Middle Eastern country where Khaled Al Asad has taken over. In the search for Al Asad they search two buildings, the first a normal house and the second a TV station, in which a heavy fight occurs. Both buildings show no sign of Al Asad however.

After receiving word that the main battle tank, "War Pig," has become isolated, Jackson and his platoon are given orders to rescue it and get it running again. The platoon proceeds to save the tank and move it through the terrorist-held city.

He then fights through the mission Shock and Awe to rescue a team of Marines pinned down in a building and gets them to the helicopter. Moments later, he rescued the pilot of a Cobra helicopter crash only for his own helicopter to be caught in a nuclear detonation shortly after. Paul Jackson initially survives the nuclear explosion, but eventually dies of injuries sustained in the crash (it is never stated which, but it is most probably internal bleeding, since radioactivity takes a long time to take effect on a person) as he struggles to crawl out of his helicopter.

Trivia

 * Jackson wears gloves, so it's unable to determine his race or ethnicity. Though, Sergeant Jackson might be African-American: in a pre-release version's gameplay video shown at the E3 2007, he was not wearing gloves and his hands looked brown skinned. Also, his arm is brown skinned on the Marine's First Person view hand texture file.
 * Jackson has a wife and a young daughter, whom remain in his final thoughts. The daughter may be heard in Jackson's final mission, Aftermath, as he succumbs to his injuries.
 * Jackson is thirty-one years old.
 * The Middle Eastern campaign missions that the player uses Jackson against the OpFor are supposed to take place in the same city, except for "Charlie Don't Surf," which is in a nearby village or suburb of the city, but the loading screen before each mission places the level in a completely different location in or around the Middle East.
 * Jackson is not referenced in the end credits rap "Deep and Hard"

Appearances/Voice Actors

 * Canon
 * Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (First appearance)