George Caywood Jacobs
Hometown, StateKnoxville, Tennessee
Branch of ServiceNavy
Date of Incident04/28/1945
ConflictWorld War II 1941-1945
IncidentBattle of Okinawa 3/18/45-6/23/45
RankSeaman 1st Class
UnitUSS Daly (DD 519)
StatusWounded in Action
Seaman First Class Jacobs was wounded when a Japanese Kamikaze plane exploded 25 yards from USS Daly throwing bomb shrapnel, flaming gasoline and wreckage over the entire ship.
