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RANDALL GORDON JACOB
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 22, 1946 – August 19, 1967
Service recordRandall Gordon Jacob, of West Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 16
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- West Chicago, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 16
- BAXTER HARRISON ELLISPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD IRWINSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- WALLACE MICHAEL JACKSONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1967
- MICHAEL BOMBERGER KOONSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1967
From West Chicago
- ALAN JAMES DEANCaptain · April 5, 1967
- JOHNNY GLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY MILLERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1970
- DARRELL LEE COLFORDSergeant · November 8, 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.