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DOUGLAS GARY JENSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 13, 1947 – January 17, 1968
Service recordDouglas Gary Jensen, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 63
- CRAIG WILLIAM HANDLEYLance Corporal · January 17, 1968
- JIMMIE JOE JETTSpecialist Four · January 17, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL MEDINALance Corporal · January 17, 1968
- JOHN ORTIZStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOHN GREENWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 62
- CHARLES EDGAR WUERTENBERGERCaptain · Panel 34E, Line 65
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
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.