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CASE SYNOPSIS: JAKOVAC, JOHN ANDREW
Name: John Andrew Jakovac
Rank/Branch: E5/US Army
Unit: HHC, 3rd Brigade Task Force, 25th Infantry Division (see note in text)
Date of Birth: 10 April 1947 (Ontanogan MI)
Home City of Record: Detroit MI
Loss Date: 31 May 1967
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 145215N 1085242E (BS718450)
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Category: 2
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Other Personnel In Incident: Joseph E. Fitzgerald; Brian K. McGar (both missing)
SYNOPSIS: On May 31, 1967, PFC Brian K. McGar, PFC Joseph E. Fitzgerald,
riflemen; Sgt. John A. Jakovac, ammo bearer; Cpl. Charles G. Rogerson, and SP4
Carl D. Flowers were members of a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP)
deployed in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam.
The LRRP unit was inserted to move to the base of Hill 310 and to check out an
area long a hedge row where several Viet Cong had been seen and fired upon by
gunships earlier that day. Then, at night, the patrol was to move to the top of
Hill 310 to establish an observation point. Early that afternoon, a report was
received that the patrol had established a position and reported everything was
normal.
At 2030 hours, the patrol reported that they were going to proceed to the top
of the hill to establish the observation point as briefed. Radio contact with
the patrol was lost after that, as the patrol failed to made a scheduled report
at 2145 hours.
On the morning of June 1, search elements began sweeping the area. During the
search, bodies of Rogerson and Flowers were discovered in fresh graves. The
search element also found an extended NAK-47, 5.56 and 7.62 millimeter brass as
well as hand grenade fragments. Blood trails were discovered leading from the
area. Searches conducted from June 2 through July 12 proved unsuccessful.
There is very good reason to believe the communist government of Vietnam knows
what happened to these young men, but as yet, no word has surfaced on them.
They are among 2500 Americans who did not come home from the war in Vietnam.
As evidence continues to mount that hundreds of Americans are still captive in
Southeast Asia, the Fitzgerald, McGar and Jakovac families must wonder if their
sons are among those said to be still alive, and wonder why they were abandoned
by the country they loved.
NOTE: In April 1967 elements of the 196th Infantry Brigade, the 1st Brigade,
101st Airborne Division, and the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division were
selected to form a provisional division-sized unit called Task Force OREGON and
then moved to the I Corps Tactical Zone where it operated in Quang Ngai and the
southern part of Quang Tin Provinces. When OREGON was replaced by 23rd Infantry
Division (AMERICAL) 25 September 1967, only the 196th remained in its
descendant division. The other units were returned.
While U.S. Army records place Fitzgerald, Jakovac and McGar in 3rd Brigade,
25th Infantry Division, this unit was operating in the other end of the
country. The three therefore, must have been among the element chosen to
comprise Task Force OREGON.