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MICHAEL CHARLES JENSEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 30, 1949 – November 14, 1970
Service recordMichael Charles Jensen, of San Francisco, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1949
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 60
- FREDRICK JOSEPH HUGHESCorporal · November 14, 1970
- JOSEPH RUSSELL KLUGGLieutenant · November 14, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL MEEHANSergeant · November 14, 1970
- PERRY ADKINS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL THOMAS COESergeant · Panel 6W, Line 58
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 59
- FREDRICK JOSEPH HUGHESCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 60
- JAMES MICHAEL MEEHANSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 60
- STANLEY HERBERT TRYGG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 61
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.