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DENNIS RAY JENSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – March 5, 1967
Service recordDennis Ray Jensen, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 21
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Council Bluffs, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 21
- FREDERICK BURRISSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- HAMPDEN CUTTS JUDSON JRFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1967
- LARRY LEE KNUTSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE LAMPMANSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD JAMES BREENSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 19
- DONALD EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 25
From Council Bluffs
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
- PHILLIP HARRY GREGOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- LEONARD LLOYD MCQUINN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANK WIDTFELDT JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
- CLIFFORD DALE NELSONMajor · July 25, 1967
- LOUIS NEWTON COOLEY JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN IVESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH CARL BAXTERLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- LYLE PRESTON BILLSPrivate First Class · May 17, 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.