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PETER LAUST JAKOBSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1948 – May 8, 1969
Service recordPeter Laust Jakobsen, of Northridge, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- September 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Northridge, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 23
- ROBERT JAMES HAWKSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- LARRY KEITH HENSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- HAROLD LESLIE JONESLance Corporal · May 8, 1969
- ANDRE LOUIS KNOPPERTLance Corporal · May 8, 1969
From Northridge
- RONALD OREN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- JOSEPH LEWIS JACOBSSergeant · February 21, 1967
- 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
- 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.