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JOHN JEFFREY JENSEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1947 – October 7, 1967
Service recordJohn Jeffrey Jensen, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 65
- RODNEY DEAN HILLPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- WILLIAM ALBERT JATEFFPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- FRANK RONALD KERBLCaptain · October 7, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MADIGAN JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.