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JOHN EDWIN JACOBS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1947 – October 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Edwin Jacobs, of Leland, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 57
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Leland, North Carolina (Brunswick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 42W, Line 57
- JOSEPH LANNON JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- JOE ROBERT LAURENCEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- ROCCO ROSARIO LUCISANOPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- JOHN DILLARD WILLIAMSSergeant · October 1, 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.