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PHILLIP HAROLD JACOBS
Captain · U.S. Army
December 30, 1947 – September 27, 1970
Service recordPhillip Harold Jacobs, of Hill Afb, Utah, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 96
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Hill Afb, Utah (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 96
- EUGENE BEAN JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- STEVEN HAROLD KRUPKINCorporal · September 27, 1970
- DAVID WEBSTER MACLURGSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKESSpecialist Five · September 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES LANGMANCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 95
- STEVEN HAROLD KRUPKINCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 96
- JOHN WILLIAM PARSELLSSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 97
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.