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JACOB CLARK LAAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – March 3, 1969
Service recordJacob Clark Laan, of Stanwood, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 26
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Stanwood, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 26
- ARLIN WAYNE KOEHNSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- VERNON EUGENE LAIL JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- AUSTIN CLIFFORD LANELance Corporal · March 3, 1969
- HARRY BATON SEEDES IIIPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JASPER MARION ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 17
- EDWARD LEE GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 22
- VERNON ELBERT SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 31
- WILLIAM OWEN WALTERSSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 34
From Stanwood
- WARREN GARY PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- FRANK LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- GEORGE MICHAEL BROZSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 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.