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WILLIAM JOHN JACOBS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 22, 1947 – February 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam John Jacobs, of Lancaster, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 67
- ROBERT WILSON HOWDENCorporal · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · February 28, 1968
- RAY G JENKINSWarrant Officer 1 · February 28, 1968
- HERBERT ALBERT KEHRLITechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR JAMES BROSSMANMaster Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 59
- MELVIN EUGENE CHLOUPEKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 60
- CLARENCE HENRY BURDETTSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 64
- JOSEPH BION PHILIPSON JRCaptain · Panel 41E, Line 71
- WILLIAM PIERCE RAUBACHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 71
- JOHN ROBERT SMITH JRCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 73
- JIMMIE LESTER TODDMaster Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 1
From Lancaster
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL BURRISS CLARKSpecialist Four · November 23, 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.