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JOSEPH LEWIS JACOBS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1944 – February 21, 1967
Service recordJoseph Lewis Jacobs, of Northridge, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Journalist (71Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Northridge, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 70
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- JAMES J LABARBERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · February 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE GELONEK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 68
- WILLIAM ALLEN GILMORESpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 68
- RAY MELVIN HARMONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 69
- WALTER LEE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 69
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 70
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 70
- DENNIS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 70
- JOHN JOSEPH RUDINECSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 71
- JAMES THOMAS SEYMOURSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 71
- JOHNNIE SPENCER JRPrivate · Panel 15E, Line 71
- TROY FRANKLIN TOMBLINPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 72
- WAYNE THOMAS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 72
From Northridge
- RONALD OREN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- PHILIP ANTHONY FERROSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- VAN ALLEN IRWINSergeant First Class · July 25, 1968
- GARY RICHARD MCFALLSergeant · September 13, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COPLEYStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- VICTOR WALKER BULLARD JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- PETER LAUST JAKOBSENPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM HERBSTSergeant · July 10, 1969
- THOMAS ELLIOTT COPPPetty Officer Third Class · February 13, 1970
- JAMES LEE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 14, 1970
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.