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JAMES MAYNARD JENSEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 17, 1944 – March 15, 1968
Service recordJames Maynard Jensen, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 59
- AUSTIN MICHAEL GAUGHANPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- WILLIAM HERSHANLance Corporal · March 15, 1968
- RONALD ELMER JOHNSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GILLES DAVID ADAMSSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 56
- WILBERT RAY BARBEESpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 57
- CHARLES LARRY BONNERSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 57
- THEODORE DANIEL BERNARDSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 58
- RICARDO CAMPOSPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 58
- MICHAEL ROY FINERTYPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 58
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.