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REED GEORGE JENSEN
Major · U.S. Army
January 26, 1926 – July 28, 1964
Service recordReed George Jensen, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 26, 1926
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1964
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1964. In July 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 59
- JOHN PETER DRAKEPrivate First Class · July 21, 1964
- GEORGE WARREN UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · July 23, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
- LOGAN DALE YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 10, 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.