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PERRY OWEN JACOBS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1947 – October 13, 1968
Service recordPerry Owen Jacobs, of Sylacauga, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 59
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 3 ARTY
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Sylacauga, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 59
- FREDERICK RAYMOND HORRIDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- JAMES D HUNTLieutenant Commander · October 13, 1968
- PIERCE MALLORY KIMBALLSpecialist Four · October 13, 1968
- DAVID LEE LOCKARDSpecialist Four · October 13, 1968
From Sylacauga
- ANDREW C EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS LESLIE GORDONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE GARDNERSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- JOHNNIE RAY COMPTONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- ROGER LEE OLIVERStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
- SAMUEL LEE MCAPHEEMaster Sergeant · July 29, 1971
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.