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VINCENT LAWRENCE JACOBS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1946 – January 7, 1969
Service recordVincent Lawrence Jacobs, of Kinnelon, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- November 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Kinnelon, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 48
- RUSSELL JAMES E HEVERNLance Corporal · January 7, 1969
- GLENN EDWARD HOBART IIISergeant · January 7, 1969
- RONALD JAMES LEAKE JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN LONGSpecialist Four · January 7, 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.