Larry Bruce Jacobson

Specialist 5th Class Larry Bruce Jacobson photo

Vietnam
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Fallen

Norma, ND


County:
Renville

Date of Loss:

Recovered:
Remains recovered

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Specialist 5th Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
162nd Aviation Company

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
1st Aviation Brigade

Listed on/in the:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Washington D.C.
All Veterans Memorial, State Capitol, Bismarck, ND

Medals and Honors:

Circumstances:

In Ba Xugen, South Vietnam
Hostile, Helicopter - Crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land

Biography:

Larry Bruce Jacobson enlisted in the United State Army on September 9, 1968. His rank was Specialist 5th Class and his military occupation or specialty was single-rotor turbine observation/utility helicopter repairman. 

Larry Jacobson was born on March 15, 1949, in Norma, Renville County, North Dakota, to Arthur and Margaret Doris Jacobson.  

Specialist 5th Class Jacobson was Crew Chief of the United State Army helicopter UH-1H #69-15429 during a mission to extract troops when they were hit by enemy fire, exploded and crashed on August 26, 1970.  He is buried at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Kenmare, Ward County, North Dakota. He received the Air Medal, the Purple Heart and is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, DC, name inscribed at VVM Wall, Panel 07w, Line 11.

Resource: Ancestry.com