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BOBBY JOE JACOBS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1946 – May 14, 1966
Service recordBobby Joe Jacobs, of Henderson, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 58
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tank/Assault Guided Missile Man (0361)
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Henderson, Texas (Rusk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 58
- NORMAND JOSEPH ASHTON JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- MICHAEL CHAVEZ DARCYLance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- JOHN SEVIER DAVISPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
From Henderson
- THOMAS JOHN POOLPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- ROY WILLIAM EDWARDSPlatoon Sergeant · January 12, 1968
- THOMAS LYNN FORSYTHEWarrant Officer 1 · December 21, 1969
- ERVIN LEE TUTTLESpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- JOHNNY GORDON WILLIAMSONSergeant · April 24, 1971
- HENRY ELMER EVANSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.