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Walter
Frederick
Jacobs

Walter Jacobs graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1906. He retired as a U.S. Navy Captain.

Awards Received

  • Navy Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Commander

    Division:

    Mine Sweeper Division

    Action Date:

    World War I
    Authority: Navy Book of Distinguished Service (Stringer)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Distinguished Service Medal to Commander Walter Frederick Jacobs, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility in Command of a Division of mine sweepers engaged in the exacting and hazardous services of sweeping deep-sea mines from the North Sea.