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RONALD CHARLES JENSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 28, 1949 – February 3, 1969
Service recordRonald Charles Jensen, of Mundelein, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Mundelein, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 49
- DALE ARNOLD ECKOFFSeaman · February 3, 1969
- LESLIE ARTHUR JERSTADPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- LESTER JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- WILLIAM RONALD LARKINPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
From Mundelein
- ERNEST WILLIAM STREHLECorporal · June 25, 1966
- RONNIE RAY LANDERSLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- ROGER WILLIAM LETTOPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JACK PAHL JONESLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- EDWARD BARTHOLOMEW LAMASergeant · March 31, 1969
- JAMES AUSTIN BATEMANSergeant · May 16, 1969
- GEORGE ANTON HAINSpecialist Four · October 22, 1970
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.