Early Life
Major Glenn Gates Jacks was the son of Gates Jacks and Ouida Jacks. He was born in Montgomery, Mississippi. Throughout his life, his family moved many times, and they ended up in Laurel, Mississippi, which is where Jacks enlisted. His father was an Agriculture school teacher. He had two siblings, Jerry and Jeannine. After high school, he went to Mississippi State University where he majored in Agriculture. He was a member of the Alpha Zeta fraternity, an honorary Agriculture fraternity.
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