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THOMAS CARLYLE JACOBS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 17, 1947 – September 13, 1968
Service recordThomas Carlyle Jacobs, of Bloomington, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 49
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 49
- TERENCE MICHAEL HUSTEADSergeant · September 13, 1968
- JERRY EDWIN JARRARDCorporal · September 13, 1968
- JON CARL JONESSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- VERNON DOUGLAS JONESCorporal · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS LEE ANDERSENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 44W, Line 44
- JON CARL JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 49
From Bloomington
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WILLIAM REINHART BUFFCorporal · August 30, 1966
- THOMAS LEO HOENIGESSergeant · June 8, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER LITTLE IIICorporal · November 7, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE MONKMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- TIMOTHY LEE WHITESpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT GENE PINKSTONStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- OMAR DAVID JONESFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- GARY CECIL BAIZEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- BERNARD JAMES COOKSpecialist Four · September 17, 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.