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RICK V JENSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1945 – February 10, 1969
Service recordRick V Jensen, of Ely, Nevada, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 7
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Ely, Nevada (White Pine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 7
- DENNIS ALFRED JEZIORSKICorporal · February 10, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD LOVELLCorporal · February 10, 1969
- EDDIE ANTHONY MARTINEZ JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- HUGER LEE PHELPSPetty Officer Third Class · February 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL ARTHUR FOSSSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 5
- JAMES RICHARD LOVELLCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 7
- WILLIAM ANDERSON PHALP JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 8
From Ely
- JOSEPH EDWARD BOWERMajor · August 3, 1965
- CARL JAMES CUEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- RICHARD MAX YELLANDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW GARCIASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- TIMOTHY GENE CARTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1969
- STEVEN TIMOTHY HOWEPrivate First Class · September 28, 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.