Ted Jacobs was born on September 27, 1951 in Plainfield, New Jersey to Branan and Joanne (Schimmel) Jacobs. Ted was a graduate of Riverview High School in Sarasota, Florida and was the owner and operator of Coastal Aquatic Services, Inc. He passed way on January 9, 2002 at James A. Haley VAMC in Tampa, Florida.
Family
Ted is survived by his wife Torrey of Sarasota, Florida, son Branan of Sarasota, Florida; mother Joanne Pomfret of Sarasota, Florida; brothers Charles Jacobs of Sarasota, Florida and Robert Jacobs of Sebring, Florida and sister Kathy Blake of Sarasota, Florida.
Military History
Petty Officer Edward Jacobs joined the Navy on June 22, 1970 and graduated with BUD/S class 68 on October 28, 1972 joining the very best in Naval Special Warfare. Petty Officer Jacobs served in SEAL Team 2 during Vietnam and was eligible to wear the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal on his uniform. Ted was honorably discharged by the Navy on June 19, 1974 at the rank of third class Petty Officer.
BUD/S class 68 class photo taken in 1972.
Arlington National Cemetery
A service with military honors provided by the United States Navy is scheduled for May 31, 2002 at Arlington National Cemetery, America’s most hallowed grounds. Memorial contributions can be made to the Danny Dietz Memorial Fund. Danny Dietz was a Navy SEAL who was KIA in 2005 during Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan. The Danny Dietz Memorial Fund has provided financial assistance for high school student to go to college.
Friends and family are invited to share a memory and sign his guestbook below.
Ted Jacobs was a very good friend of mine. A fellow Eagle rank Boy Scout (Troop 21, Sarasota, FL), a Riverview High School (Sarasota, 1970) classmate, and a very respectable fellow. Sadly, I lost contact with him immediately after high school; he sold me his ticket to the first rock concert I ever went to: Blood Rock, Black Sabbath, and Grand Funk Railroad at Robarts Sports Arena in Sarasota, June 22, 1970 — the day he signed aboard the U.S. Navy. With his Boy Scouts background, Ted gravitated to an active career; I heard he was at one time an underwater demolition man. My recollection placed him in the Brown Water Navy in Vietnam and, by patrolling the rivers there, was exposed to Agent Orange, which, I think, contributed greatly to his death in 2002. Though this condolence is years late, it is no less sincere from a close friend. — Art Bagley; Tampa, FL; March 29, 2021.