Paul Jackson

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

In game
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 a general combat 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 could also possibly be radiation poisoning) as he struggles to crawl out of his helicopter.