Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii

Officially reported to be MISSING IN ACTION as of June 4, 1942, having been a member of the crew and serving aboard the USS YORKTOWN when that vessel was lost in the Battle of Midway. In compliance with Section 5 of Public Law 490, as amended, death is presumed to have occurred on the 5th day of June 1943, in accordance with the finding of the Secretary of the Navy.

A.C. Jacobs [signed]

The Head of the Casualties and Allotments Section, Welfare Division

He was posthumously awarded the American Defense Service Medal and World War II Victory Medal.

Sources:

American Battle Monuments Commission

Belleville Sons Honor Roll

  A Place of Honor and Remembrance In the Home of the Brave

World War II