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Harvey Paul Jacobs

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Harvey Paul Jacobs Veteran

Birth
Sitka, Sitka, Alaska, USA
Death
23 Nov 1979 (aged 57)
Burial
Sitka, Sitka, Alaska, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION S SITE 43
Memorial ID
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Marriage:

Married: Janet Ann JACK on 1953 at Juneau, Terr. of Alaska

Janet Ann Jack

Birth: 27 NOV 1934 in Tenakee, Terr of Alaska; Death: 18 NOV 2001 in Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska

2 Children:

1. Elizabeth Lena Jacobs

Birth: 11 MAR 1960 in Sitka, Sitka, Alaska; Death: 20 FEB 1962 in Sitka, Sitka, Alaska

2. Private

Father of Janet: Eddie L. Jack: Birth: 29 JUN 1907 in Chatham, Terr. of Alaska; Death: 6 FEB 1992 in Juneau, Juneau-Douglas, Alaska

Mother of Janet: Edna Jack: Birth: 1 JAN 1910 in Hoonah, Terr. of Alaska; Death: 4 APR 1976 in Sitka, Sitka, Alaska

Janet JACK Jacobs

Married M2: Donald Duane Graham #150353242

Birth: BEF 1906; Death: 01/20/1990; burial: Kenai City Cemetery

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In November 2013, Congress awarded silver medals posthumously to Tlingit code talkers Robert "Jeff" David, Sr., Richard Bean, Sr., George Lewis, Jr., and brothers Harvey Jacobs and Mark Jacobs, Jr. Southeast Alaska Native Veterans Commander Ozzie Sheakley, who attended the Congressional ceremony in Washington, D.C. along with representatives from 32 other tribes whose members were also code talkers, received the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of the Tlingit tribe. 


Harvey Jacobs

Dakl'aweidí clan

Killer Whale House, Angoon

Deisheetaan yádi

Teikweidí dachxán

Nov. 24, 1921 – Nov. 23, 1979

Harvey Jacobs (Tleeyaa Kéet, Gaandawéi) was a fisherman from Sitka. When he and his brother, Mark Jacobs, Jr., joined the U.S. Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor, they skipped basic training and were put to work immediately on picket boats in Southeast Alaska and the Aleutians, and then in the South Pacific. Harvey was a Machinist Mate 1st Class.

Marriage:

Married: Janet Ann JACK on 1953 at Juneau, Terr. of Alaska

Janet Ann Jack

Birth: 27 NOV 1934 in Tenakee, Terr of Alaska; Death: 18 NOV 2001 in Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska

2 Children:

1. Elizabeth Lena Jacobs

Birth: 11 MAR 1960 in Sitka, Sitka, Alaska; Death: 20 FEB 1962 in Sitka, Sitka, Alaska

2. Private

Father of Janet: Eddie L. Jack: Birth: 29 JUN 1907 in Chatham, Terr. of Alaska; Death: 6 FEB 1992 in Juneau, Juneau-Douglas, Alaska

Mother of Janet: Edna Jack: Birth: 1 JAN 1910 in Hoonah, Terr. of Alaska; Death: 4 APR 1976 in Sitka, Sitka, Alaska

Janet JACK Jacobs

Married M2: Donald Duane Graham #150353242

Birth: BEF 1906; Death: 01/20/1990; burial: Kenai City Cemetery

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In November 2013, Congress awarded silver medals posthumously to Tlingit code talkers Robert "Jeff" David, Sr., Richard Bean, Sr., George Lewis, Jr., and brothers Harvey Jacobs and Mark Jacobs, Jr. Southeast Alaska Native Veterans Commander Ozzie Sheakley, who attended the Congressional ceremony in Washington, D.C. along with representatives from 32 other tribes whose members were also code talkers, received the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of the Tlingit tribe. 


Harvey Jacobs

Dakl'aweidí clan

Killer Whale House, Angoon

Deisheetaan yádi

Teikweidí dachxán

Nov. 24, 1921 – Nov. 23, 1979

Harvey Jacobs (Tleeyaa Kéet, Gaandawéi) was a fisherman from Sitka. When he and his brother, Mark Jacobs, Jr., joined the U.S. Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor, they skipped basic training and were put to work immediately on picket boats in Southeast Alaska and the Aleutians, and then in the South Pacific. Harvey was a Machinist Mate 1st Class.



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