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HAROLD NORGAARD JENSEN
Captain · U.S. Army
August 3, 1946 – April 13, 1969
Service recordHarold Norgaard Jensen, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Council Bluffs, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 74
- MICHAEL DAVID HOWARDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- KENNETH VERN JENSENSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- BRUCE ERVIN JOHNSONSergeant · April 13, 1969
- TERRY EDWARD JONESSergeant · April 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEWIS GUMPSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 73
- WILLIAM HENRY MARTZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 75
- JOSEPH JOHN REMEIKAS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 77
- LARRY OLIVER ROBBINSPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 77
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
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- 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
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.