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EDWARD DANIEL JACOBS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1932 – July 8, 1968
Service recordEdward Daniel Jacobs JR, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 43
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 14, 1932
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 43
- LOUIS LAMAR CLANTONSpecialist Four · July 8, 1968
- PAMELA DOROTHY DONOVANSecond Lieutenant · July 8, 1968
- JOHN ROSALEZ GALABIZLance Corporal · July 8, 1968
- TIMOTHY LOUIS HRENCorporal · July 8, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.