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WALLACE RAY JACOBSEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1928 – January 30, 1966
Service recordWallace Ray Jacobsen, of Oakland, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 120
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1928
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 120
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- ALFRED JEFFERSON HOLDENTechnical Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 121
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
- GARY ALLAEN MACHADOPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
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.