Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian Jr.

{{short description|United States Army Air Forces officer}}

{{Infobox military person

|honorific_prefix =

|name = Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian Jr.

|honorific_suffix =

|image = File:Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian Jr.jpg

|image_upright =

|alt = Colonel Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian Jr.

|caption = Colonel Jack Christian

|nickname = Jack

|birth_date = {{birth date|1915|11|19}}

|birth_place = San Francisco, California

|death_date = {{death date and age|1944|08|12|1915|11|19}}

|death_place = Boisleux-au-Mont, France

|placeofburial = Texas State Cemetery

| branch = United States Army Air Forces

| allegiance = {{Flag|United States of America|1912}}

|serviceyears = 1939–1944

|rank = Colonel

|servicenumber = O-21782

|unit = 19th Bombardment Group
67th Pursuit Squadron

|commands = 361st Fighter Group

|battles = World War II

|awards = Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters
American Defense Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Croix de Guerre
Distinguished Flying Cross with 1 oak leaf cluster
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Philippine Defense Ribbon
Purple Heart
Silver Star
World War II Victory Medal

|memorials =

}}

Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian Jr. (19 November 1915 – 12 August 1944) was a colonel in the United States Army Air Forces and commanding officer of the 361st Fighter Group during World War II.{{cite book|author=Chris Dickon|title=The Foreign Burial of American War Dead: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxR--SO3UnEC&pg=PA97|date=29 September 2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8501-7|pages=97–}}{{cite book|author=Paul B. Cora|title=Yellowjackets!: The 361st Fighter Group in World War II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lIbxAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Schiffer Pub.|isbn=978-0-7643-1466-7}} He was the great-grandson of American Civil War General Stonewall Jackson.