Jacobsen, William Waddoups Jr
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Verified At 31, CPT Jacobsen, William Waddoups Jr of PROVO, UT was serving with the ARMY, A COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 24TH INFANTRY, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT LEWIS, WA, when he died in MOSUL, IRAQ on December 21, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Jacobsen, William Waddoups Jr of PROVO, UT, 31 years old, served in the ARMY with A COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 24TH INFANTRY, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT LEWIS, WA at the rank of CPT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On December 21, 2004, the ARMY lost CPT Jacobsen, William Waddoups Jr in MOSUL, IRAQ. He was 31. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
The ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Jacobsen, William Waddoups Jr was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.
