Joseph Jacobson

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Towner

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Staff Sergeant

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
546th Bomb Squadron (Heavy)

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
384th Bombardment Group (Heavy)

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
8th Air Force
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Circumstances:

Staff Sergeant Joseph Jacobson was Killed in Action on 9 March 1944 while serving as Waist Gunner on B-17 aircraft #42-37781 (Silver Dollar) when the aircraft was struck by bombs dropped by another B-17 on a bombing mission to Berlin, Germany. The tail of Jacobson's ship was sheared off by the falling bombs and it went into a dive and crashed

Biography:

born Cando, NDak 13 Oct 12; resident Towner County, NDak; entered AUS Tacoma, Wash 2 Jun 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 9 Mar 44 Berlin, Germany; buried in Grave 7965, Block 4, Section 6 Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, Minn