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GEORGE EDGAR JACOBS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 27, 1947 – April 27, 1968
Service recordGeorge Edgar Jacobs, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 30
- KEVIN PATRICK BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · April 27, 1968
- GARY NEAL HALLSergeant · April 27, 1968
- HOWARD HUGH HOMINICKCorporal · April 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JURSZA JRSergeant · April 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PATRICK KELLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 27
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.