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LARRY BRUCE JACOBSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 15, 1949 – August 26, 1970
Service recordLarry Bruce Jacobson, of Norma, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1970, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 11
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Norma, North Dakota (Renville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 11
- JOHN DONOVAN HERINGTONPrivate First Class · August 26, 1970
- THOMAS STEVEN HICKMANCorporal · August 26, 1970
- ALBERT LEE JOHNSONFirst Sergeant · August 26, 1970
- FRED CHRIS KRAEMERSergeant · August 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENNY RAY HALSTEADSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 9
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS CARRCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 10
- WILLIAM H LAURENCE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 12
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.