AIR COMMANDO 2 Mercer, Jacob Edward (Jake)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Mercer ​

• FORENAME

Jacob Edward (Jake)​

• UNIT

16 Special Operations Squadron (8 Tactical Fighter Wing) ​

• RANK

Master Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

263604918​

• DATE OF DEATH

18th June 1972 ​

• AGE

35 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 34 Site 4591 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Jacksonville,Florida​

born 20.7.1936​

married​

award Air Medal​

aerial gunner (AC-130A Spectre gunship 55-0043)​

KIA near A Hua,Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam​

body not recovered​

remains repatriated 5.10.1993​

remains identified 12.10.1994​

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia (group burial of remains 17.11.1994) (also individual grave)​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01W Line 45 ​

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