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ALAN THEODORE JENSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1942 – October 17, 1967
Service recordAlan Theodore Jensen, of Hales Corners, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 26
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Hales Corners, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 26
- RICHARD WILLIAM JONESPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- CHARLES FLOYD KENNEDYSergeant · October 17, 1967
- JOHN DANIEL KRISCHEPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- JERRY DAVID LANCASTERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
From Hales Corners
- VINCENT LEO MAGERSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.