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DONALD LEROY JACOBSEN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 29, 1937 – November 7, 1966
Service recordDonald Leroy Jacobsen, of Ida Grove, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 7, 1966, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 29, 1937
- Home of record
- Ida Grove, Iowa (Ida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1966; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 37
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- BENJAMIN HARRY HARRISCorporal · November 7, 1966
- CLINNIS HARRELL JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOHN A MEANSPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
From Ida Grove
- WILLIAM ARNOLD CASONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- STEVEN VINCENT CRUMSergeant · August 13, 1969
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.