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DAVID PAUL JACOBS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 16, 1948 – March 5, 1969
Service recordDavid Paul Jacobs, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 45
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 45
- DAVID CHARLES FERGUSONSecond Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- EDWARD ROBERT HICKEYFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- EARL W HIMESSergeant · March 5, 1969
- GARY FAY ROLFESergeant · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LAWRENCE BROWNSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 42
- MICHAEL ARTHUR DUNNEBACKPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 43
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 43
- DANIEL W LAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 47
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 48
- CLAYTON ANDREW SONGLESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 49
- STANLEY BRUCE ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 50
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
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.