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BRUCE ALLAN JENSEN
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
November 18, 1928 – August 27, 1967
Service recordBruce Allan Jensen, of Green River, Wyoming, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 27, 1967, in Laos, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 51
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 18, 1928
- Home of record
- Green River, Wyoming (Sweetwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 51
- OWEN H WEBSTERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- LARRY JAMES GRICELance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- ROBERT FREDERICK HAINESStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- CLAUDE RAY JAMESLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
From Green River
- DOUGLAS EUGENE ROGERSPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- DENNIS DWAIN KINGFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- BENNETT EDWARD EVANSSergeant First Class · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MAURERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
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.