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JON CHRISTOPHER JACOBSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – October 7, 1970
Service recordJon Christopher Jacobson, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 117
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 117
- RICHARD RAY YOUNGSergeant · October 6, 1970
- MICHAEL ALLAN GRAHAMCorporal · October 7, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE HENDRYLance Corporal · October 7, 1970
- STEVEN CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · October 7, 1970
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.