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FRANK ALFRED JENSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 18, 1949 – February 12, 1969
Service recordFrank Alfred Jensen, of Holbrook, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · 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
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Holbrook, Arizona (Navajo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 21
- RICHARD D BARTHOLOMEW JRSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- ROBERT W HOOKSergeant · February 12, 1969
- VERNE CARL KELLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- JOHN MATULONISSergeant · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MATULONISSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 21
From Holbrook
- RICHARD RAY HENLINGLance Corporal · October 28, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN RHINEHospitalman · April 18, 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.