Jackie Combs Receives Full Military Rites
Full military honors were accorded an Okanogan soldier Tuesday who lost his life in Vietnam November 17.
The body of Pfc. Jackie R. Combs, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorin C. Combs of Okanogan, was brought here for services by escort
Sgt. Loren McCracken of Ft. Lewis.
Services were held at Precht Funeral chapel with Major Arlen Fowler officiating and Lt. Kenneth Benton assisting. A team from
Fairchild air force base in Spokane, including casket bearers, a bugler and the firing squad, were present for the military rites at the
Omak Memorial Cemetery.
Private Combs, an army radio operator, was killed in combat against the North Vietnamese forces near Dak To.
He joined the army last March and had been overseas six months.
Combs was born October 16, 1946, in Combs, Ark., and came to Okanogan with his parents in 1949. A 1965 graduate of
Okanogan high school, he was active in school baseball, basketball, football and track.
Surviving are his parents; and five brothers, Clyde, also in the army serving in Germany, and John, Jerry, Lorin, jr., and James all of
Okanogan.
Clyde flew here from Germany for the funeral and presented the flag to his mother.
Transcribed from The Omak Chronicle, Omak, Washington - November 30, 1967
Background graphic courtesy of Sergeant Jack's
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