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GARY EDWARD JENSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1949 – August 25, 1970
Service recordGary Edward Jensen, of Toms River, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Toms River, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 4
- RALPH MARTIN JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1970
- CARL EDWARD DUNNCorporal · August 25, 1970
- BARRY WILLIAM GODFREYWarrant Officer 1 · August 25, 1970
- JOHN PATRICK HEARSCH JRCorporal · August 25, 1970
- JOHN JASSOSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
From Toms River
- PETER GARY SCAVUZZOLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY KELLYLieutenant · January 17, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD LILLEYSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD LARRY MCCLAINPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- CHARLES FAIRCHILD GODFREYSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- GEORGE HOWARD GLAWSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1971
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.