<SUBMISSION>
<ACCESSION-NUMBER>0000910680-05-000451
<TYPE>4
<PUBLIC-DOCUMENT-COUNT>1
<PERIOD>20050630
<FILING-DATE>20050701
<DATE-OF-FILING-DATE-CHANGE>20050701
<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>JACLYN INC
<CIK>0000052969
<ASSIGNED-SIC>3100
<IRS-NUMBER>221432053
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>0630
</COMPANY-DATA>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>635 59TH STREET
<CITY>WEST NEW YORK
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>07093
<PHONE>2018689400
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>5801 JEFFERSON STREET
<CITY>WEST NEW YORK
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>07093
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</ISSUER>
<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>CHESTNOV ROBERT
<CIK>0001052475
</OWNER-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
<FORM-TYPE>4
<ACT>34
<FILE-NUMBER>001-05863
<FILM-NUMBER>05933242
</FILING-VALUES>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>C/O JACLYN INC
<STREET2>635 59TH STREET
<CITY>WEST NEW YORK
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>07093
<PHONE>2127046393
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>635 59TH STREET
<CITY>WEST NEW YORK
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>07093
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<TEXT>
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-06-30</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000052969</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>JACLYN INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>JLN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001052475</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CHESTNOV ROBERT</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>635 59TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WEST NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>07093</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $.01 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-06-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10953</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>34701</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnotes</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F7"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $.01 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-06-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10953</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>45654</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnotes</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F7"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Distribution of shares upon termination of the Jaclyn, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the &quot;Plan&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Not applicable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Indirect shares include 372 shares owned by the Reporting Person's wife and 6,906 shares held by the Reporting Person's wife
as custodian for their children.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Rollover into individual retirement account of shares distributed to the Reporting Person upon termination of the Plan</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Indirect shares include 27,423 shares owned by a trust in which the Reporting Person is a co-trustee.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Indirect shares exclude 3,500 shares owned by a charitable trust as to which the Reporting Person acts as co-trustee.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">110,000 shares are also held directly by the Reporting Person</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jaclyn Hartstein, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-06-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SUBMISSION>
