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JOHN ACE JENSEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1947 – August 27, 1967
Service recordJohn Ace Jensen, of Espanola, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Espanola, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 52
- EDWARD LEE JOHNSONLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- WILLIAM OLIVER JONESStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL CLYDE KAMPHCorporal · August 27, 1967
- ALBERT GRAY LEGGETTSpecialist Four · August 27, 1967
From Espanola
- DANA BRUCE JENSENPetty Officer Third Class · April 17, 1969
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.