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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Richard Jensen.

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RICHARD JENSEN

Hospitalman · U.S. Navy

August 20, 1943 – November 23, 1965

Service record

Richard Jensen, of Brillion, Wisconsin, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 23, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 3E · Line 111

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Hospitalman (HN)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Unit (as recorded)
1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
Born
August 20, 1943
Home of record
Brillion, Wisconsin (Calumet County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 23, 1965
Age
22
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Brillion

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.