Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameLawrence “Elwood” Jacobsen 
Birth23 Sep 1927, Hennepin Co, MN
Death4 Mar 1963, Vietnam
FatherSigurd Carl Jacobsen (1896-1972)
MotherAnna Hellsevig (1896-1966)
Misc. Notes
He served in the military in WWII, and went by Elwood.
He attended International Summer School in Oslo, Norway, 4 March 1959.
He was married to Vurnell Lynette Newgard (b. 19 Jan 1938) on 13 Oct 1961 in Hennepin Co, MN.
Mansfield News - Journal: Monday, 4 Mar 1963, pg 2
Two Missionaries Killed by Reds
SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) - An American missionary and one from the Philippines were executed today by a Communist firing squad before the eyes of their wives and children after their car was ambushed north of here.
Injured by Viet Cong shots - though not seriously - were two of the Filipino’s young sons. Wives of the two men, an American child and two Philippine children were not injured. The survivors have been brought to Saigon. The American was identified as Elwood Jacobsen of Foreston, MN.
NO REASON
U.S. and Philippine authorities said there was no apparent reason for the double slaying. They reported a Vietnamese driver of another car was stopped by the Viet Cong at the same spot and shot to death outside his vehicle.
The two executed missionaries had been working in South Viet Nam for an organization called the Summer Linguistic Institute, studying tribal languages. Jacobsen had been in Viet Nam about six months. The two families, nine persons in all, were driving north to visit a friend. Their car was reported carrying medical supplies.
He attended International Summer School in Oslo, Norway, 4 March 1959.
He was married to Vurnell Lynette Newgard (b. 19 Jan 1938) on 13 Oct 1961 in Hennepin Co, MN.
Mansfield News - Journal: Monday, 4 Mar 1963, pg 2
Two Missionaries Killed by Reds
SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) - An American missionary and one from the Philippines were executed today by a Communist firing squad before the eyes of their wives and children after their car was ambushed north of here.
Injured by Viet Cong shots - though not seriously - were two of the Filipino’s young sons. Wives of the two men, an American child and two Philippine children were not injured. The survivors have been brought to Saigon. The American was identified as Elwood Jacobsen of Foreston, MN.
NO REASON
U.S. and Philippine authorities said there was no apparent reason for the double slaying. They reported a Vietnamese driver of another car was stopped by the Viet Cong at the same spot and shot to death outside his vehicle.
The two executed missionaries had been working in South Viet Nam for an organization called the Summer Linguistic Institute, studying tribal languages. Jacobsen had been in Viet Nam about six months. The two families, nine persons in all, were driving north to visit a friend. Their car was reported carrying medical supplies.