Humboldt County

 

Pvt. Donald Andrew Jacobsen

 

 

 

Donald Andrew Jacobsen was born Apr. 25, 1925 to Andrew and Ina F. Jacobsen. He died Mar. 9, 1945 and is buried in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Humboldt, IA.

Pvt. Jacobsen served with the 21st Marines, 3rd Marine Division and was KIA on Iwo Jima. He was initially buried in the 3rd Marine Division Cemetery on Iwo Jima and returned to the U.S. for permanent burial in Humboldt, Iowa in 1948.

Sources: ancestry.com; Humboldt County Iowa War Memorial