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DEL RAY JACOBS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1948 – May 9, 1967
Service recordDel Ray Jacobs, of Long Branch, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 72
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Long Branch, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 72
- RICHARD AUGUST HEINPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- CARMAN KEETON HICKSLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- KENNETH LEROY HOLDERPetty Officer Third Class · May 9, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
From Long Branch
- JOSE GENE ABARASergeant · February 7, 1968
- JERRY MORGAN JRCorporal · April 21, 1969
- MALCOLM JONATHAN GRIMPrivate · January 23, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT GRISARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1970
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.