Wilbur Lane Jacobs (1918 - 1982)

Born 2 May 1918 in Murphy Lake, Texas

Ancestors

Husband of Edith Alice (Hanson) Jacobs — married 5 Apr 1946 (to 28 Jul 1970) in Conde, South Dakota

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1982 at age 64 in Dallas, TX

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Find A Grave Memorial# 94210572^[1]

Enlisted in World War 2 on October 5, 1942 for the duration of the war. That proved to be a good move for him as he was trained as an airplane mechanic. He was stationed in Fairbanks, Alaska ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94210572
2. ↑ United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8G8-1YY : 5 December 2014), Wilbur L Jacobs, enlisted 05 Oct 1942, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.