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SGT Raymond Edward Jacobs Veteran

Birth: 24 Jan 1926
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death: 29 Jan 2008 (aged 82)
Redding, Shasta County, California, USA
Burial: Northern California Veterans Cemetery

Igo, Shasta County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot: Section C4, Row A, Site 20
Memorial ID: 24398182 View Source

World War II United States Marine Sergeant. During the battle for the Island of Iwo Jima, Sgt. Jacobs reached the summit of Mount Suribaci, but did not participate in either the original flag raising, or in the iconic flag raising photograph by Joe Rosenthal.

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