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JOHN PAUL JACOBS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1947 – February 7, 1968
Service recordJohn Paul Jacobs, of South Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- South Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 2
- HAROLD ORION HOSKINSSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CALVIN OTIS JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- DAVID RUDOLPH JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- EVERETTE R JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
From South Boston
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- BURTON W PETERSON JRLance Corporal · April 5, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DESMONDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- JOHN HENRY COLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN BOROVICKSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- DONALD JOHN TURNERLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN AGRI JRLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
- BRIAN RICHARD KELLYPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
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.