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JAMES ALLEN JENSEN
Fireman · U.S. Navy
July 24, 1949 – April 29, 1969
Service recordJames Allen Jensen, of Anoka, Minnesota, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 29, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Boilerman (BT)
- Born
- July 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Anoka, Minnesota (Anoka County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 78
- ERWIN JOHN HARDERCorporal · April 29, 1969
- RICHARD LEON KELLERPetty Officer Third Class · April 29, 1969
- ROY LOLLIS LIPSCOMBSergeant · April 29, 1969
- WALLACE JEROME MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1969
- ELMER LYNN SPIVEYSergeant · April 29, 1969
From Anoka
- BRADLEY EUGENE PETERSONStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1967
- BRUCE VERNON LENOUECorporal · March 30, 1967
- DAVID LLOYD BOWMAN JRAirman First Class · February 6, 1968
- HENRY HILL JRFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
- JEFFREY JAY JOHNSSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
- GERALD VERNON LUNDYSergeant · May 7, 1970
- ARTHUR ANDREW DEHNCorporal · May 26, 1970
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.