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SCOTT NELSON JACOBSON
Private · U.S. Army
September 1, 1951 – February 27, 1972
Service recordScott Nelson Jacobson, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 112
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Arlington Heights, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 112
- ROBERT LEE DAUGHERTYSergeant · February 26, 1972
- ARTHUR EMMITT LIKENSSpecialist Four · February 29, 1972
- TERRY LEE BROWNCorporal · March 6, 1972
- ERICK RUDOLPH WELENOFSKYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1972
From Arlington Heights
- SAMMY LOWELL HARTZELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1966
- ROBERT ERLE BARDACHPetty Officer Second Class · October 14, 1967
- DANIEL RICHARD SCHUERENCaptain · February 25, 1968
- HARRY LEE CRAIGLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- DOUGLAS DEAN VAUGHANLieutenant (junior grade) · May 20, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL DABBERTPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
- MICHAEL R BLANCHFIELDSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- DONALD ALAN CLARBOURSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
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.