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ROGER DALE JENSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1948 – June 28, 1969
Service recordRoger Dale Jensen, of Staples, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Staples, Minnesota (Todd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 28
- WILLIAM CARL DABBERTPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
- PATRICK BENJAMIN KEMPKERSpecialist Four · June 28, 1969
- EMERY LOUIS KORELSpecialist Four · June 28, 1969
- VICTOR MUNOZ ROMANSpecialist Four · June 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT LOGSDON JRCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 29
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.