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HARVEY GEORGE JACOBSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – December 18, 1970
Service recordHarvey George Jacobson, of Menasha, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 129
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Menasha, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 129
- CLAYTON GEROME CRAIGSergeant · December 18, 1970
- ROBERT DORIAN CRANSONSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
- PAUL DOUGLAS LACROIXStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1970
- BRUCE GORDON SEMPSROTTPrivate First Class · December 18, 1970
From Menasha
- RONALD EDWARD JAHNKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- ALBIN ANTON BARANCZYKCorporal · May 17, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM KRUEGERPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALLEN DAHLSpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
- SCOTT BRIAN WESTPHALSpecialist Four · February 21, 1972
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.