<P> Jack Pearson (August 31, 1944--January 26, 1998), portrayed by Milo Ventimiglia, was Rebecca's first husband (until he died), and the father of Kevin, Kate, and Randall . Jack had a brother named Nick . </P> <P> Jack had a rough childhood because of his abusive, alcoholic father Stanley Pearson, causing them to have a strained relationship . Stanley did not know that Jack was married, so when Jack found out that he and Rebecca were expecting triplets, he went to his father asking for money, citing gambling debts, rather than telling him that he intended to buy a house for his family . When Stanley was in the nursing home dying, he met Rebecca and his granddaughter Kate for the first time . Jack was camping with Kevin and Randall when Rebecca contacted him about his father dying, but Jack refused to see him . </P> <P> Jack was drafted into the Army at age 25; he served in the Vietnam War as a mechanic . He served along with his brother Nick, who died in the war . (After Jack took Randall to Washington, D.C. on a college tour to Howard University, he took Randall to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and told him about being drafted and how the war affected him; this may have been the first time that Jack shared about his Vietnam experiences to a member of the Pearson family--including Rebecca .) </P> <P> After serving in the war, and working as a manual laborer, Jack became a construction foreman . When he wanted to buy the house for his family, he approached his boss and got a raise to $17,000 a year (equivalent to more than $49,000 in 2016), making him the highest paid foreman at the company . He dreamed of opening his own firm, "Big Three Homes", but put his dreams on hold in order to provide a steady income for his children by getting a desk job . However, he later decided to start the business, though the Big Three were about to start college . </P>

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