serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial alt rank image article_title name
1943-1945 , 1946-1949 , 1953-1967 united states marine corps port charlotte , florida 20 august 2000 rochester , new york united states of america 3rd battalion 23rd marines medal of honor purple heart place of burial world war ii * battle of iwo jima 25 november 1925 arlington national cemetery a shaped medallion hanging from it . the ribbon is similar light in shape to a bowtie with 13 white stars in blue the center of the ribbon . neck ribbon with a gold star major 180px & nbsp ; & nbsp ; 90px douglas t. jacobson
 douglas thomas jacobson
douglas t. jacobson

major douglas thomas jacobson -lrb- 1925 -- 2000 -rrb- was a united states marine who earned the united states ' highest military honor -- the medal of honor -- for his heroic actions on iwo jima during world war ii .
`` private first class jacobson destroyed a total of sixteen enemy positions and annihilated approximately seventy-five japanese , thereby contributing essentially to the success of his division 's operations . ''
he was presented the medal of honor by president harry s. truman on october 5 , 1945 .
