GREEN BERETS Jacobsen, Donald James

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Jacobsen ​

• FORENAME

Donald James ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Company C,Det A-107) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

16329113​

• DATE OF DEATH

29th January 1966​

• AGE

33 ​

• GRAVESITE

Fort Snelling National Cemetery,Minneapolis,Hennepin County,Minnesota Section I Site 3425​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Montevideo,Minnesota​

born 23.1.1933 Montevideo,Minnesota​

son of Charles Emil and Anna Sigrid (nee Syvertsen) Jacobsen​

husband of Marlys Jean (nee Gerdes) Jacobsen (1938-2017) (married 4.6.1955) (4 children David,Donald,Douglas and Susan)​

brother of Robert Linwood Jacobsen died 14.9.1943 as Staff Sergeant USAAF​

brother of Gerald Lenard Jacobsen died 16.7.1945 as Staff Sergeant 134 Infantry Regiment​

entered service 1950​

served in Korean War (2 Infantry Division)​

left 1953​

laundry worker​

re-entered service 1954​

KIA Tra Bong,Quang Ngai Province,South Vietnam ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 04E Line 110 ​

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