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RICHARD ALLEN JACOBS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – August 27, 1967
Service recordRichard Allen Jacobs, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 51
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 51
- OWEN H WEBSTERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- LARRY JAMES GRICELance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- ROBERT FREDERICK HAINESStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1967
- CLAUDE RAY JAMESLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- BRUCE ALLAN JENSENLieutenant Colonel · August 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS WAYNE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 49
- MEDFORD S HENSLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 25E, Line 50
- ROBERT FREDERICK HAINESStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 51
- MICHAEL CLYDE KAMPHCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 52
- ALBERT GRAY LEGGETTSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 52
- JESSE LOUIS MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 53
- TOMMY RALPH PETERSSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 53
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS CLINEPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
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.