AWAN John C. Jacobs HS-4 SH-3H BUNO: 148044
10/1/56-03/22/78 San Clemente, CA
The HS-4 memorial is located of Highway 50 just west of Sand Mountain. The access road is on the north side of the highway. A 4-wheel drive vehicle is recommended to reach it. The coordinates are roughly N391823 W1182723.
Shipmates Comments: AWCM "J.D." Dungan: John Jacobs was a new check in to HS-4 from the RAG and this was quite possibly his first flight in the aircraft.
Media Articles: Antisubmarine Helicopter Crashes in Desert, 5 Navy Men Are Killed N.Y. Times, March 24, 1978 FALLON, Nev., March 23 (AP)--An antisubmarine helicopter crashed and burned in the Nevada desert yesterday, and five Navy men were killed, a Navy spokesman said today.
The helicopter was on routine maneuvers out of Fallon Naval Air Station at the time of the crash, the spokesman said. The craft was temporarily assigned to Fallon from the North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego, Calif. The crash occurred in the remote area near Sand Mountain used for war games. An investigation is under way.
The Navy identified the victims as Lieut. Craig Roberts, 26 years old, of Purcell, Okla.; Lieut. Stephen G. Labarre, 25, of Pen Argyl, Pa.; Airman Apprentice Steve A. Staggers, 22, of Buelton, Calif.; Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Airman John C. Jacobs, 21, of San Clemente, Calif., and Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Operator 2nd Class Robert W. Hart, 32, of Fort Wayne, Ind.
