Larry Bruce Jacobson

Specialist 5th Class Larry Bruce Jacobson photo

Vietnam Conflict
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Fallen

Norma, ND


County:
Renville

Date of Loss:

Recovered:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Specialist 5th Class
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    162nd Aviation Company
    Regiment / Group / Brigade:
    1st Aviation Brigade
    Conflicts Served:
    Vietnam Conflict

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