22 years 27 days old
Aviation Machinist Airman
VF-74, USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59), TF 77, 7TH FLEET
United States Navy
Columbus, Ohio
USS FORRESTAL arrived on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin on 25 July 1967 and immediately began combat operations. The first four days were routine; the fifth day, 29 July, was not.
At 10:52 AM a 5-inch Zuni rocket accidentally fired across the crowded flight deck, impacting an armed A-4 Skyhawk. The resulting explosions and fires raged for 13 hours and more, killing 135 crewmen with hundreds more injured.
July 02, 1945 to July 29, 1967
RALPH W JACOBS is on the Wall at Panel 24E, Line 29
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In every lovely garden, one Bloom stands out from all the rest, Someone will always pick it, for it is the very best. The garden keeps on growing, but one spot will remain bare. For nothing can replace the 'Special Bloom' that once was there. It's been year's since God reached down and plucked you from our midst. The void remains, as does the pain, you are deeply loved & deeply missed.
~Author Unknown~
Aviation Machinist Airman
VF-74, USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59), TF 77, 7TH FLEET
United States Navy
Columbus, Ohio
USS FORRESTAL arrived on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin on 25 July 1967 and immediately began combat operations. The first four days were routine; the fifth day, 29 July, was not.
At 10:52 AM a 5-inch Zuni rocket accidentally fired across the crowded flight deck, impacting an armed A-4 Skyhawk. The resulting explosions and fires raged for 13 hours and more, killing 135 crewmen with hundreds more injured.
July 02, 1945 to July 29, 1967
RALPH W JACOBS is on the Wall at Panel 24E, Line 29
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In every lovely garden, one Bloom stands out from all the rest, Someone will always pick it, for it is the very best. The garden keeps on growing, but one spot will remain bare. For nothing can replace the 'Special Bloom' that once was there. It's been year's since God reached down and plucked you from our midst. The void remains, as does the pain, you are deeply loved & deeply missed.
~Author Unknown~
22 years 27 days old
Aviation Machinist Airman
VF-74, USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59), TF 77, 7TH FLEET
United States Navy
Columbus, Ohio
USS FORRESTAL arrived on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin on 25 July 1967 and immediately began combat operations. The first four days were routine; the fifth day, 29 July, was not.
At 10:52 AM a 5-inch Zuni rocket accidentally fired across the crowded flight deck, impacting an armed A-4 Skyhawk. The resulting explosions and fires raged for 13 hours and more, killing 135 crewmen with hundreds more injured.
July 02, 1945 to July 29, 1967
RALPH W JACOBS is on the Wall at Panel 24E, Line 29
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In every lovely garden, one Bloom stands out from all the rest, Someone will always pick it, for it is the very best. The garden keeps on growing, but one spot will remain bare. For nothing can replace the 'Special Bloom' that once was there. It's been year's since God reached down and plucked you from our midst. The void remains, as does the pain, you are deeply loved & deeply missed.
~Author Unknown~
Aviation Machinist Airman
VF-74, USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59), TF 77, 7TH FLEET
United States Navy
Columbus, Ohio
USS FORRESTAL arrived on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin on 25 July 1967 and immediately began combat operations. The first four days were routine; the fifth day, 29 July, was not.
At 10:52 AM a 5-inch Zuni rocket accidentally fired across the crowded flight deck, impacting an armed A-4 Skyhawk. The resulting explosions and fires raged for 13 hours and more, killing 135 crewmen with hundreds more injured.
July 02, 1945 to July 29, 1967
RALPH W JACOBS is on the Wall at Panel 24E, Line 29
*************************************
In every lovely garden, one Bloom stands out from all the rest, Someone will always pick it, for it is the very best. The garden keeps on growing, but one spot will remain bare. For nothing can replace the 'Special Bloom' that once was there. It's been year's since God reached down and plucked you from our midst. The void remains, as does the pain, you are deeply loved & deeply missed.
~Author Unknown~
Inscription
MILD AND GENTLE AS HE WAS BRAVE
WHEN THE REST OF HIS LIFE HE GAVE
