William J. (Bill) Jacobs

Final Rites Held For Former Bishop Youth Killed in Action

Final rites were conducted at Lancaster Tuesday of this week for Corp. William J. 
(Bill) Jacobs, former Bishop youth, who was killed in action in Vietnam February 
28.

He was born March 11, 1947 in Long Beach and had lived with his parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. Pete Jacobs in Bishop for 16 years.  He attended Bishop Elementary Schools 
and three years of high school at Bishop.  He was active in the FFA, the Young 
Farmers Newman Club, and the T Timers Club prior to being drafted last June 13.

He was assigned to a hospital in Vietnam as a medic January 1.  He died of mortar 
wounds received in action in Tan An, Mekong Delta.

Besides his parents he is survived by four brothers, Korry, Mark, Gregory and 
Peter and a sister, Janie Jacobs, all of Lancaster.  He also leaves a grandfather, 
K. A. Jacobs of Quartz Hill and a grandmother, Mrs. Mary Stafford, of San Jose.

Final rites were held at the Sacred Heart Church in Lancaster and interment 
followed at the Joshua Memorial Park, with military honors by the personnel of Ft. 
MacArthur.

The Inyo Register
Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, March 14, 1968 - Page 2

Transcribed by Pat Houser for Inyo County GenWeb, July 27, 2004