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GARY ORLAND JACOBS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1948 – April 14, 1969
Service recordGary Orland Jacobs, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 81
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 81
- DAVID WAYNE HILDRETHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
- VICTOR M HODSONFirst Lieutenant · April 14, 1969
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS HOLMESSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
- ANDREW EARL JENKINSGunnery Sergeant · April 14, 1969
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
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.