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JOHN CHARLES JACOBS
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 10, 1935 – June 7, 1966
Service recordJohn Charles Jacobs, of Millhousen, Indiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 7, 1966, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 17
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 10, 1935
- Home of record
- Millhousen, Indiana (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1966; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 17
- WALTER ALLAN LINZYLieutenant · May 26, 1966
- DAVID Z GARCIASpecialist Four · June 7, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- ROBERT BERNARD HEMNESCorporal · June 7, 1966
- TERRY FLOYD HUSTONPrivate First Class · June 7, 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.