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JEROME EDWARD JACOBS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1948 – May 5, 1968
Service recordJerome Edward Jacobs, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 18
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Firefighter (51M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 18
- GREGORY THOMAS INDRECCLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- JERRY LEE JANEWAYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- GERALD LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN THOMAS FEYSpecialist Five · Panel 55E, Line 12
- RICHARD GARY LEWISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 55E, Line 21
- KENNETH EDWARD MESSENGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55E, Line 23
- BOBBY RAY WILLIAMSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55E, Line 35
- JOSEPH GEORGE WOLFEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 36
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 1968
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.