Morgen N. Jacobs
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Age: 20
From: Santa Cruz, Calif.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany
Incident: Army Spc. Morgen N. Jacobs died Oct. 7 in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained Oct. 6 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol vehicle in Aaliyah, Iraq.
Died: October 07, 2004
Soldier from Santa Cruz dies in Iraq
Associated Press
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A 20-year-old soldier from Santa Cruz prompted to join the military after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was killed last week in Iraq by an explosive device.
Spc. Morgen Jacobs died Oct. 7, one day after he was injured in Aaliyah when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol vehicle, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
Jacobs joined the military after graduating Soquel High School in June 2002. He had been in Iraq since January.
“After 9/11, he decided he was joining the Army to serve and protect his country,” his father, Todd Jacobs, told the Santa Cruz County Sentinel. “He sat on the couch in our living room and told us that.”
Jacobs was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, based in Schweinfurt, Germany.
“He died with his boots on,” Todd Jacobs said. “I want...