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EDWARD JAMES JACOBS JR
Commander · U.S. Navy
July 13, 1928 – August 25, 1967
Service recordEdward James Jacobs JR, of Mt Vernon, Washington, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 25, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 42
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAP 61 NAS CUBI POINT
- Born
- July 13, 1928
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Washington (Skagit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAP 61 NAS CUBI POINT”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 42
- DAVID LLOYD CLARKCorporal · August 25, 1967
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- CHARLES CLIFTON HENDERSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- ALLEN LEE JACKSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLAIRE RONALD ALAN BOISPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 25E, Line 41
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 25E, Line 45
From Mt Vernon
- EDWARD LEROY BROCKSergeant · December 21, 1966
- STEPHEN BROOKS MURDENFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- RONALD ALBERT GREENWALDSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- JAMES DREW SCHMIDTSergeant · July 17, 1970
- DENNIS RICHARD LINNELLPrivate First Class · November 11, 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.