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MICHAEL GREGORY JENSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 19, 1944 – May 9, 1970
Service recordMichael Gregory Jenson, of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 6
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Fergus Falls, Minnesota (Otter Tail County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 6
- TERRY LYNN HENRYWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1970
- WILEY DEAN HOOKSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- COLIN PLUMMER HURDFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1970
- DOUGLAS JOHN ITRISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MONROE USSERYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 8
- ROY LEE RICHARDSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 9
From Fergus Falls
- JEROME ALFRED HAGENSeaman Apprentice · January 14, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES YATESSecond Lieutenant · October 17, 1968
- GARY VAUGHN LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · December 29, 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.